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1. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
4. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
17. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. (Babylonian) Consort of Nabu.
20. Front part of a vessel or aircraft.
21. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
23. A shard of pottery.
25. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
28. Step on it.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. Involving slaves.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. The eighth month of the civil year.
47. The twelfth month of the civil year.
48. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
51. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
53. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
56. 1 species.
57. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
62. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
63. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
65. Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization.
70. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Water frozen in the solid state.
75. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
77. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
78. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
79. Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC).
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
4. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. An incorrect deal.
7. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
8. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
9. A person of subnormal intelligence.
10. Remaining after all deductions.
11. Ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus.
12. Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender.
13. Little known Kamarupan languages.
14. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
22. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
24. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
26. A state in north central United States.
27. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
30. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
32. Chief port of Yemen.
33. A member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language.
34. Spider monkeys.
36. South African term for `boss'.
38. A bachelor's degree in science.
39. Of a pale purple color.
41. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
43. A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas).
46. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
49. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
50. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
52. Poorly stated or described.
54. Make amends for.
55. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
58. A just detectable amount.
59. One who accepts an offer.
61. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
64. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
66. Soft creamy white cheese.
67. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
68. Very dark black.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Providing enjoyment.
76. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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