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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
17. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
18. Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation.
20. Talk pompously.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers.
25. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
26. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
27. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
37. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
41. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
42. A Hindu prince or king in India.
43. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Being four more than fifty.
46. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
47. A yearning for something or to do something.
49. A long narrow natural elevation or striation.
51. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. Large European dormouse.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Estonia or its people or language.
61. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
62. Relating to the Urdu language.
64. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
71. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
74. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
75. The month following March and preceding May.
79. Black tropical American cuckoo.
80. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
81. Visit famous or interesting sights.
82. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
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1. Small area set off by walls for special use.
2. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
3. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
4. Using speech rather than writing.
5. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
6. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
7. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
8. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
9. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Narrow and long and pointed.
12. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
21. Arranged or displayed systematically in table form.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
31. Causing a dull and steady pain.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome.
35. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
36. A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river.
38. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
39. Put out or expel from a place.
40. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
50. Make lighter or brighter.
52. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
54. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
55. Similar to or containing or dissolved in water.
58. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
60. A doctor's degree in education.
63. Use again after processing.
65. The back side of the neck.
66. A genus of Mustelidae.
67. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
68. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
70. Expel, as of gases and odors.
72. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
73. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
76. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
77. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
78. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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