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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
26. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
29. In a taut manner.
32. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
37. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
40. A thin strip (wood or metal).
41. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
42. A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening.
43. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
44. Ruffed grouse.
47. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
50. Make effective from an earlier date.
53. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. Commodities offered for sale.
57. Found along western Atlantic coast.
58. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
60. Obvious and dull.
63. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. The capital of Turkey.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others.
74. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
75. Having leadership guidance.
76. Oldest known reptiles.
78. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
80. A great raja.
81. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Not widely known.
3. Chief port of Yemen.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. (of fabrics) Having soft nap produced by brushing.
6. A state in New England.
7. Transient cessation of respiration.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
9. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
12. Informal terms for a mother.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
19. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
21. An Asian river.
23. A minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane.
24. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
28. Covered with paving material.
30. The first light of day.
31. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
33. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
34. Involving two dimensions.
35. Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.
36. Spider monkeys.
38. An honorary degree in science.
39. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. Jordan's port.
46. The sixth month of the civil year.
51. A festival featuring African-American culture.
52. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
54. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
55. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
59. Informal terms for a mother.
61. In bed.
62. A quantity of no importance.
64. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
66. A primeval personification of air and breath.
67. A growth in strength or number or importance.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
72. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
73. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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