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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
12. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
17. An informal debt instrument.
18. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
19. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
22. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
24. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
26. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
28. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
33. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. Used of a single unit or thing.
37. Move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound, as of liquids.
39. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
43. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
45. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
47. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
48. The capital of Tajikistan.
50. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
53. 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.
54. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
56. The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.
60. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
61. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
62. A member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas.
65. That is dropped in a heap.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Painter of the Florentine school.
73. A genus of Mustelidae.
74. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
75. (biology) Rough to the touch.
76. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
77. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
78. A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey.
79. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
3. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
4. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
5. The square of a body of any size of type.
6. 16 ounces.
7. The event of dying or departure from life.
8. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
9. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
10. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
11. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
12. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
13. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
14. Of or relating to walls.
20. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
23. Great coolness and composure under strain.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
32. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
35. An island republic on Nauru Island.
36. Razor clams.
38. A branch of the Tai languages.
40. A genus of Indriidae.
41. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
42. Of or belonging to an enemy.
44. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
46. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
49. The decade from 1890 to 1899.
51. A town in western Washington.
52. A window that is hinged (usually on one side).
55. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
57. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
58. The father of your father or mother.
59. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
63. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
64. A telephone connection.
66. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
67. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
68. The specified day of the month.
71. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
72. The act of using.
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