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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
12. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
20. Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
24. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
25. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
28. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
29. A cock bred and trained for fighting.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
35. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.
37. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
42. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
44. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
45. A rapid bustling commotion.
46. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
48. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. Russian country house.
51. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Suggestive of the supernatural.
58. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
62. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
64. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
65. Noisy talk.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
74. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
75. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Rate of revolution of a motor.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
81. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Little known Kamarupan languages.
3. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
9. The month following March and preceding May.
10. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
11. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
12. Make less active or intense.
13. Having the slant of a bevel.
14. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
19. Old World woody vines.
21. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
23. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
26. A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner.
27. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
30. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
32. Someone whose occupation is catching fish.
33. State capital of New York.
36. A young woman making her debut into society.
38. English monk and scholar (672-735).
39. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
41. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
50. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A Mid-Atlantic state.
54. A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool.
57. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.
59. (archaic) Of persons.
60. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
61. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).
63. Type genus of the Ranidae.
66. Affected manners intended to impress others.
67. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
70. The residue that remains when something is burned.
71. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. An associate degree in nursing.
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