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1. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
5. A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study.
12. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
15. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
16. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc.
17. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
18. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
19. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
22. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
24. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
26. A Mid-Atlantic state.
27. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
29. Complacently or inanely foolish.
31. (informal) Exceptionally good.
35. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
38. Submerged freshwater perennials.
41. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
44. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
54. Former measure of the US economy.
55. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint.
58. (usually plural) A destructive action.
61. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
63. Give expression to.
64. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
66. Of or belonging to an aecium.
70. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
71. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
74. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
75. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
78. Used of a single unit or thing.
79. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
80. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
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1. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
2. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
3. A French abbot.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
5. A very small circular shape.
6. Water frozen in the solid state.
7. A proportion multiplied by 100.
8. The basic unit of money on Malta.
9. Type genus of the Otariidae.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
11. Squash bugs.
12. The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka.
13. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
21. (Greek mythology) The first woman.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
25. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
28. In bed.
30. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
33. Joining or attaching by stitches.
34. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
36. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
40. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
42. Felt hat with a creased crown.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
47. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
48. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
50. Veloute or brown sauce with sauteed chopped onion and dry white wine and sour cream.
51. Being one more than one hundred.
52. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean.
53. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
56. Directions for making something.
57. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
59. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. A variable quantity that can be resolved into components.
62. Of or related to or derived from oats.
65. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
67. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
68. Chief port of Yemen.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
72. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
73. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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