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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Any meeting for an exchange of ideas.
11. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Being of the age 13 through 19.
17. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
18. Cause to be embarrassed.
20. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
22. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
24. Related on the mother's side.
26. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
29. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
31. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
32. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
35. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
37. A battle in World War II.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
42. State in northeastern India.
45. (Sumerian) Sun god.
46. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
50. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
51. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
53. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
54. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
58. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
59. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
62. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
67. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
71. A genus of Indriidae.
73. A person who eats human flesh.
75. Vietnamese New Year.
76. A contorted facial expression.
79. A Loloish language.
80. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
81. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
82. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A soft whitish calcite.
4. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
5. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
6. Dividing an animal into right and left halves.
7. Occurring at the beginning.
8. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. The act of receiving.
11. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
12. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
13. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
14. One thousandth of a second.
19. Equipped with long sharp-pointed projections especially along the top of a wall or fence.
23. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
25. Greek mythology.
27. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. Childcare during the day while parents work.
30. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
33. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects.
34. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
36. A Finnish steam bath.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Jordan's port.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. An enclosed space.
47. Moving quickly and lightly.
48. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
49. Unknown god.
52. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. The act of scanning.
60. Transient cessation of respiration.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
63. Report or maintain.
64. The emotion of hate.
65. Used of the language of the deaf.
68. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
69. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
70. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
72. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
74. (informal) Of the highest quality.
77. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
78. Informal terms for a mother.
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