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1. Waterproofed canvas.
5. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
12. An honorary law degree.
15. Type genus of the Amiidae.
16. Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
20. Having to do with birth.
21. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high).
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
26. Involving or resulting from calcification.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
36. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
40. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
48. Obvious and dull.
49. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
52. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
53. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
54. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
55. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
56. Half the width of an em.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
59. The Fate who cuts the thread of life.
62. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
63. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling.
72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
77. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
78. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
79. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
4. Hurt or upset.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. Tag the base runner to get him out.
9. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
10. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
11. Land received by fee tail v 1.
12. Being three more than fifty.
13. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
14. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
23. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
27. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
32. Intense feelings of suffering.
35. Husband of Elizabeth II of Great Britain (born 1921).
37. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
38. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
39. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
41. A large stringed instrument.
42. A small rounded gland-like structure.
44. Badly injured, perhaps with amputation.
47. A Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal areas of East Africa.
50. A reformed prostitute.
51. One related on the mother's side.
58. Basic principles of the cosmos.
60. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
61. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
64. Very dark black.
66. A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. A large indefinite number.
70. A slender double-reed instrument.
71. An informal term for a father.
73. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
74. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
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