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1. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
5. Of or relating to a basin.
12. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
15. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
16. A foreboding about what is about to happen.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. An Asian river between China and Russia.
19. English philologist (1835-1912).
20. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
22. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. God of the Underworld.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
30. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
32. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
33. 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.
36. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
38. Affect with wonder.
41. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
43. Something causes misery or death.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
51. Low tree ferns with large fronds.
56. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
57. A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.
59. A state in southeastern United States.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
65. A light touch or stroke.
68. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
70. Christian holiday.
72. The sixth month of the civil year.
74. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
77. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
78. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
79. French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862).
81. Tag the base runner to get him out.
82. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
83. Tongueless frogs.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
2. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
3. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
4. Mergansers and closely related diving birds.
5. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
6. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
8. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
9. A town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. New Zealand conifer.
13. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
14. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
21. Music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
34. A drama set to music.
35. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
37. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
39. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
44. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
47. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
49. Visit famous or interesting sights.
52. An honorary degree in science.
53. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
54. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India.
55. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
58. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
62. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Jordan's port.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
71. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
73. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
75. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
76. Former measure of the US economy.
80. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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