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1. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
5. A salt or ester of maleic acid.
12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
15. (Greek mythology) God of love.
16. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
17. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
18. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat.
19. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
20. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
24. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
26. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
40. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
43. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
45. Black tropical American cuckoo.
46. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
47. Offering fun and gaiety.
50. Type genus of the Psophiidae.
51. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
53. River in eastern Asia.
54. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
56. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
57. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
74. A periodic paperback publication.
75. A bachelor's degree in theology.
76. A selfish actor who upstages the other actors.
77. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
78. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
79. An adherent of Satan or Satanism.
80. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
3. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
4. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
5. Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
8. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. Make into a total.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
13. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
14. Squash bugs.
23. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
32. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
34. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
38. A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
39. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
41. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
42. The residue that remains when something is burned.
44. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
48. A New England state.
49. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
52. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
55. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
58. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
63. A wine bottle made of leather.
64. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
66. An Asian river between China and Russia.
67. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
72. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
73. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
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