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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers.
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
20. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
21. A container.
22. Be obedient to.
23. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
24. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. The wife or widow of a czar.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
33. Type genus of the Ranidae.
34. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
35. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. A large number or amount.
43. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
44. A region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.
47. Rounded like an egg.
50. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
51. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
54. A resident of Arizona.
58. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
61. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
64. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
68. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
73. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
74. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
75. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
76. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
77. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
78. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. Secured or held in place by tape.
4. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
6. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
7. Type genus of the Anatidae.
8. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
9. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
10. An important person in India.
11. Of or concerning Qatar.
12. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
13. Tasteless showiness.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. A language of Australian aborigines.
25. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
27. A sudden short attack.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
32. Possessing life.
36. The eighth month of the civil year.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. A particular environment or walk of life.
41. Fallow deer.
42. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
45. Liquid excretory product.
46. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. The first light of day.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. The cry made by sheep.
55. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
56. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
57. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
59. Come into existence.
60. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
65. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
66. A small nail.
67. Largest known toad species.
69. A master's degree in business.
70. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
71. An audiotape recording of sound.
72. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
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