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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
12. Any high mountain.
15. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
16. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
18. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
20. At any time.
22. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
26. Having been flattened.
30. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
31. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
32. A resource.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
40. Without doubt or question.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
46. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
49. A person of unquestioning obedience.
51. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
52. Australian clover fern.
54. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
55. The time during which someone's life continues.
58. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
60. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.
71. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
72. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
74. The cry made by sheep.
75. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
76. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
78. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
79. Have confidence or faith in.
80. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
81. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
2. German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831).
3. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
4. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
5. A unit of pressure.
6. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
7. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
8. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
9. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
10. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
11. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
13. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
14. Appeal or request earnestly.
19. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
21. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
23. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
27. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
28. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
29. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
33. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
34. Consider as a god or god-like.
37. Wearing footgear.
38. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
39. To fix or set securely or deeply.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
42. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
44. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
47. A great raja.
48. A small nail.
50. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
53. A doctor's degree in optometry.
56. A large and noisy party of people.
57. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
59. Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes.
63. Belonging to some prior time.
64. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
65. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
66. A lyric poet.
67. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
70. One who works hard at boring tasks.
73. A decree that prohibits something.
77. A Russian river.
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