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1. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
4. A salt or ester of vanadic acid.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
16. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
17. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
18. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
19. Assault sexually.
20. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
21. A city in northwestern Turkey.
23. A building where birds are kept.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A male human offspring.
27. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
30. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
34. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
36. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
38. An island northwest of Wales.
41. A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang.
44. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
45. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
46. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
50. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
52. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
53. (informal) Of the highest quality.
54. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
57. Not changed by editing.
60. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
62. 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.
63. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
67. Informal terms for a mother.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
73. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
75. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
79. A primeval personification of air and breath.
80. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
81. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
2. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
3. Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together).
4. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
7. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
8. Greatly desired.
9. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
10. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
11. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
14. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
22. The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
24. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
28. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
29. Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord.
31. A small fragment.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. A daughter of your brother or sister.
40. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
42. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
49. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
51. A coarse lace.
55. A city in the western Netherlands.
56. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
58. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
59. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
61. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
66. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
68. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
69. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
72. A castrated tomcat.
74. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
77. Before noon.
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