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1. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
5. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. (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.
16. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
17. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
18. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
19. The middle of the gestation period.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
23. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
24. Not made explicit.
26. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
28. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
31. The month following September and preceding November.
32. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
36. Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood.
38. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
39. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
40. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
43. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. An engineering university in Cambridge.
47. A palace and fortress built in Granada by the Moslems in the Middle Ages.
50. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. Unknown god.
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
57. A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.
60. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. A barn for cows.
65. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
70. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
71. The capital of Eritrea.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
78. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
79. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
80. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
81. The basic unit of money in Romania.
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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
2. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
3. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
4. (India) Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
6. Any plant of the genus Erica.
7. A woman of refinement.
8. Showily imitative of art or artists.
9. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
10. Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
11. A genus of Lamnidae.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. Supporting yourself on your knees.
25. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
27. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
29. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
30. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
33. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding.
34. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
35. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
45. A state in south central United States.
48. Jordan's port.
49. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
51. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. A choice or delicious dish.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
59. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
61. Very large red gum tree.
64. Toward the mouth or oral region.
66. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
67. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
68. A slender double-reed instrument.
69. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
72. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
73. The fatty flesh of eel.
76. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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