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1. Black tropical American cuckoo.
4. Make by putting pieces together.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
15. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
16. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
17. A boy or man.
18. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
19. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
20. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
25. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
26. Ferret of prairie regions of United States.
28. Small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies.
30. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Being nine more than forty.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. Not established by conditioning or learning.
44. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
47. (of eggs) No longer edible.
48. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
50. A city in Indonesia.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
57. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
60. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
66. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
70. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
71. (informal) Very good.
74. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
75. The act of using.
76. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
78. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
79. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
80. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
81. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
4. (Babylonian) The sky god.
5. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
6. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
7. Upright in position or posture.
8. Humble in spirit or manner.
9. The capital of Emilia-Romagna.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. The act of escaping physically.
12. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
13. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
14. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
21. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
23. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
27. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
29. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
31. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
32. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
33. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
38. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
43. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803).
46. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
49. One thousand grams.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
55. Of or belonging to an aecium.
56. A master's degree in fine arts.
58. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
59. A nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II.
61. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
62. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
63. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
64. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
65. A machine or person that adds.
67. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
68. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
69. Of or relating to near the ear.
72. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
73. 32nd President of the United States.
77. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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