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1. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
5. Barely adequate.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A warning against certain acts.
20. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
21. The longest division of geological time.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
25. New Guinea echidnas.
27. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
36. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
40. The leg from the knee to foot.
44. The highest level or degree attainable.
47. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
48. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
50. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
59. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
63. A building where prostitutes are available.
65. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
66. A guidebook describing the roads of a country.
70. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
73. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
74. The seventh and last day of the week.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. The habitation of wild animals.
78. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
79. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
80. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
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1. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
4. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
5. Stalk of a moss capsule.
6. Being ten more than one hundred.
7. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
8. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
9. Distance measured in miles.
10. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
11. Not only so, but.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
13. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. Jordan's port.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
26. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
28. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
30. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
37. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
38. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
41. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
42. Relating to or near the ulna.
43. Proceed without interruption.
45. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
46. An enclosed space.
49. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
51. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
57. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
58. Type genus of the Mobulidae.
60. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
61. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
67. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
68. A notice of someone's death.
69. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
71. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
72. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
76. Half the width of an em.
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