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1. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
4. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
12. Your general store of remembered information.
15. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
16. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
17. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
18. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
20. Bar temporarily.
21. King of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633).
23. Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast.
25. Unknown god.
26. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
27. Bulldog ants.
30. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
31. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
34. Being three more than fifty.
37. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
45. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
46. Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.
48. A South American river 1,500 miles long.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
52. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
53. A student who studies excessively.
55. First in order of importance.
57. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
62. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
66. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
71. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
74. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
75. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
76. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
78. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
79. A city of central China.
80. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
81. On or toward the lee.
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1. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
2. A pesticide in suspension or solution.
3. Sound of something in rapid motion.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
7. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
8. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. Foul with waste matter.
12. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
13. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
14. The template for protein synthesis.
19. The basic unit of money in Honduras.
22. Fallow deer.
24. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
28. Goat grass.
29. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
32. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
33. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
35. Complacently or inanely foolish.
36. Person who does no work.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress.
42. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
43. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
44. (prefix) Within.
47. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
49. A Russian river.
54. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
60. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
61. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
63. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
64. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
67. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
68. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
72. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
73. A branch of the Tai languages.
77. An associate degree in nursing.
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