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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
11. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
17. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
18. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
20. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
24. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
27. The face or front of a building.
28. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. Noisy talk.
36. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
38. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
42. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
44. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. Small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
52. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
55. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
57. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
59. Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis.
60. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
64. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
67. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
69. A notable achievement.
70. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
73. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
75. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
76. A Brazilian river.
79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
80. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
81. The father of your father or mother.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Slow to learn or understand.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
4. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
7. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
8. The last (12th) month of the year.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
11. The second largest state.
12. At full speed.
13. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
14. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
23. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
25. English essayist (1775-1834).
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
32. Minor or subordinate.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. Type genus of the Felidae.
35. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
37. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
39. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
40. A white trivalent metallic element.
41. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
43. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
46. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
48. The content of cognition.
50. Not only so, but.
53. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
54. A town in northern Egypt.
56. Filled with fear or apprehension.
58. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
61. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
66. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
68. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
78. Half the width of an em.
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