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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Lasting through a year.
12. Wild and domestic cattle.
15. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
16. Resembling an umbel in form.
17. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
18. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
20. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
21. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
22. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
23. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
24. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
26. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
28. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
30. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
31. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. A state in north central United States.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
42. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
45. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
46. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
49. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
50. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
55. United States film actress (born in 1949).
57. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
59. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
62. Type genus of the Tupaia.
65. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
66. Kindle anew, as of a fire.
70. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
73. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
74. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
78. Seed of a pea plant.
79. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
80. An informal term for a father.
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1. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
2. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
3. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
4. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
5. Having been made empty.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Lace again.
8. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
9. Of or related to or derived from oats.
10. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
11. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
19. Armor plate that protects the chest.
25. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
27. Not final or absolute.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
33. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
34. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927).
36. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
37. A bachelor's degree in library science.
39. A resource.
40. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
43. A British reform school for youths between 16 and 22.
44. Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity.
47. United States baseball player (born 1925).
48. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
51. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
53. Being three more than fifty.
56. An inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia.
58. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
60. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
61. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
63. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
64. Jordan's port.
67. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
68. Praise, glorify, or honor.
69. English essayist (1775-1834).
71. Not divisible by two.
72. Term of address for a man.
76. Half the width of an em.
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