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1. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
4. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
15. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
16. A man who operates a ferry.
17. The month following February and preceding April.
18. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
20. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
21. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
22. Garlic mayonnaise.
23. Very large red gum tree.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
27. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
29. A doctor's degree in optometry.
32. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
36. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
41. Water frozen in the solid state.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. (British) A style of popular music in the 1950s.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
50. Produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')).
53. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
54. God of the winds in ancient mythology.
55. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
58. Being one more than fifty.
60. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
62. Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
66. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Provide with a new seat, as of a chair.
74. Greek mythology.
75. Being six more than fifty.
76. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
78. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
79. Towards the side away from the wind.
80. A great raja.
81. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
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1. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
2. The basic unit of money in China.
3. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
4. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
5. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
6. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
7. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
8. A language of Australian aborigines.
9. Without moral standards or principles.
10. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
13. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Having the same or similar characteristics.
24. An Eskimo hut.
28. Gracefully slender.
30. (British English) A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The vein in the center of a leaf.
37. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
38. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
39. Chief port of Yemen.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. A young woman.
47. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters.
51. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
52. Rounded like an egg.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
59. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
61. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
63. A person who possesses great material wealth.
64. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
65. A Russian river.
67. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
68. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
69. Informal terms for a meal.
72. The month following March and preceding May.
73. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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