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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring).
12. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. A bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
20. Deciduous shrub of North America.
21. Someone who attacks in search of booty.
23. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. An awkward stupid person.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. 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.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
34. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Consisting of or combining two races.
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
48. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
51. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal.
53. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
58. A Mid-Atlantic state.
60. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
63. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
67. Any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red.
72. The sign language used in the United States.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. Being one more than two.
77. Not necessary.
78. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
79. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
80. The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.
81. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A human female who does housework.
4. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
5. Become ground down or deteriorate.
6. American novelist (1909-1955).
7. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
8. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
9. A small wave on the surface of a liquid.
10. In operation or operational.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
13. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
14. The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
22. Jordan's port.
26. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Capital of Armenia.
31. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. The face of a timepiece.
36. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
38. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
39. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
40. A small skullcap.
42. Free from dirt or impurities.
43. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
44. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
49. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
50. Treated with oil.
52. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
57. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
59. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
61. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
62. A game played with playing cards.
64. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
65. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
66. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
69. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
73. Water soaked soil.
74. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
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