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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Having seven units or components.
12. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
17. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
18. Having a gradual increase in width.
20. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
21. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
22. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
24. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Type genus of the Phocidae.
34. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
36. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
40. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. Type genus of the Otariidae.
48. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
50. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
51. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
52. Colored or impregnated with dye.
54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
55. A battle in World War II.
57. Re-equip a factory or plant.
60. Tag the base runner to get him out.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
67. Partial or total loss of memory.
70. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
71. The direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes.
74. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
75. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
76. Resembling a line.
77. The cry made by sheep.
78. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
79. A reformed prostitute.
80. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake.
3. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
4. A man who courts a woman.
5. Either extremity of something that has length.
6. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
7. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
11. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
12. The fur of an otter.
13. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
14. African mahogany trees.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
26. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve).
31. A city of central China.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
37. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
42. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
43. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
44. English monk and scholar (672-735).
46. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
47. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
49. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
53. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
56. A recording made on magnetic tape.
58. Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638).
59. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
62. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
63. American dwarf fan palms.
65. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
66. Not agitated.
68. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
69. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
72. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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