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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
12. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
17. Range of what one can know or understand.
18. Take in, also metaphorically.
20. A means of serving.
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
22. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
24. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
26. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
28. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A Loloish language.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Derive or receive pleasure from.
41. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
44. A common cyst of the skin.
45. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
50. Impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission.
51. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
53. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
54. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
56. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
57. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. An iconic mental representation.
60. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A bachelor's degree in theology.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
76. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
77. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
78. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
2. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
3. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
4. Go on board.
5. Minor or subordinate.
6. (combining form) Former.
7. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
8. Active support.
9. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
10. Leave one's country of residence for a new one.
11. A deep bow.
12. Jordan's port.
13. Of or relating to the velum.
14. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. 30 to 300 megahertz.
29. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
31. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
35. The distinctive spirit of a people or an era.
36. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
38. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
39. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
40. Make uniform.
42. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
43. A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second.
46. Become ground down or deteriorate.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. A crisp bread of fine white flour.
59. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
63. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
64. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
65. Little known Kamarupan languages.
66. Young of domestic cattle.
67. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
68. English monk and scholar (672-735).
70. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Being nine more than ninety.
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