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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
15. Bright and pleasant.
16. The interior curve of an arch.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. Steadiness of mind under stress.
20. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
21. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
23. The state of being split or cleft.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
27. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
31. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
32. A large number or amount.
36. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
40. The capital of Western Samoa.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. Plant in checkrows.
48. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
49. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
50. Being one more than fifty.
51. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
60. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
63. A large fleet.
65. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
67. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
70. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
71. A clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
77. Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood.
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. A European river.
80. Indicating the most important performer or role.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
4. Type genus of the Ciconiidae.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
7. A human limb.
8. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
9. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
10. Any red eruption of the skin.
11. An appraisal of the state of affairs.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
13. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
14. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. Not clearly understood or expressed.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
29. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
34. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
35. A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel.
37. A genus of Scolopacidae.
42. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. One thousand periods per second.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
55. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
56. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
59. Affect with wonder.
61. A mug intended for serving beer.
62. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
64. A sudden short attack.
66. God of fire.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
72. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
73. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
74. A small piece of cloth.
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