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1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. Remote from actual involvement.
12. Inquire about.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. To whatever place.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
20. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. Come to pass.
23. Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap.
25. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
26. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
27. An Iranian language spoken in Iran and Russia.
31. Framework for holding objects.
35. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
39. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
40. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
41. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally).
43. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. A deliberately false or improbable account.
48. Situated at the top or highest position.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
53. Perversely irritable.
57. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
59. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
60. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
62. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
66. Greek geometer (3rd century BC).
70. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
71. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
76. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
78. A form of address for a married woman.
79. The sign language used in the United States.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
2. With rapid movements.
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
5. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
6. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
7. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
8. German philosopher (1776-1841).
9. Small genus of South American evergreen vines.
10. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
11. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Put down by force or intimidation.
24. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
28. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
29. A Loloish language.
30. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
32. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
33. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
34. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. The eleventh month of the civil year.
42. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
52. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
54. Wild geese.
55. A flexible container with a single opening.
56. The largest city of Cameroon.
58. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
64. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
65. A primeval personification of air and breath.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
73. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
77. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
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