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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. Walking with your feet in shallow water.
11. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
19. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
20. Having the slant of a bevel.
21. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
23. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
25. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
26. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
27. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
29. A loud harsh or strident noise.
31. A human female who does housework.
35. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
39. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
40. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
44. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
45. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
49. A deep pulsating type of pain.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
55. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
57. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
60. Rectangular paving stone with curved top.
61. Smaller than Florida pompano.
64. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
68. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
69. (biology) Reproduction by the union or fusion of games of the same size and structure.
72. Any of various small biting flies.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. A genus of Sparidae.
75. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
76. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
77. A festival featuring African-American culture.
78. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
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1. A visual presentation showing how something works.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
4. A deep bow.
5. A small adhesive disk of paste.
6. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
7. God of the underworld.
8. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
9. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
10. A city in southeastern Spain.
11. An ache localized in the back.
12. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
13. A Russian river.
14. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
22. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
24. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
30. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
32. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. An official or legal cancellation.
36. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
37. Found along western Atlantic coast.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
41. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
47. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
50. A polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles.
51. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
54. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
56. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
58. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
59. With a forward motion.
62. Resembling milk in color or cloudiness.
63. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
65. (prefix) Within.
66. A quantity of no importance.
67. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
70. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
71. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
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