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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
11. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
20. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
22. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
23. Using speech rather than writing.
27. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
29. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
31. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
34. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
38. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
39. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
42. A town in north central Oklahoma.
44. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
46. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
50. Remaining after all deductions.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. The site of an archeological exploration.
54. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
67. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
69. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
71. Loss of the ability to swallow.
72. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
73. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
75. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
76. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
78. Expel, as of gases and odors.
79. Type genus of the Amiidae.
80. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
81. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
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1. A magic power or magic spell.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu.
7. The basic unit of money on Malta.
8. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
9. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
12. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
13. The act of scanning.
14. Type genus of the Ranidae.
19. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
21. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
24. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
26. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated.
28. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
30. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
32. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
33. Voluntarily absent from home or country.
35. Treated with oil.
36. Loose temporary stitches.
37. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
40. A large number or amount.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
57. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
58. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
59. Covered with beads of liquid.
60. A populous province in northeastern China.
62. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. Applying to ordinary citizens.
66. An island in the West Indies.
68. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
70. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
74. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
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