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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
12. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. Denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Orient once again, after a disorientation.
20. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
21. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
23. Being nine more than forty.
25. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
27. A white trivalent metallic element.
31. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
35. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
38. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
40. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
42. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
43. A genus of Mustelidae.
44. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
46. A boy or man.
47. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
58. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
59. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
72. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
73. Lacking a belt.
75. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. Lacking meat.
78. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. Cry plaintively.
2. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
3. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
4. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1.
5. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
6. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
7. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
8. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
9. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
10. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
13. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
22. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
24. Brightest star in Centaurus.
26. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
29. Unknown god.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
33. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v 1.
34. Boas and pythons.
36. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
37. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
39. Flat tableland with steep edges.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
53. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
54. A card game for 2 players.
56. A Russian river.
57. Jordan's port.
60. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
61. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
65. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
69. A humming noise.
70. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
71. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
74. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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