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1. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
4. Associated with academia or an academy.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. Characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life.
17. (informal) Roused to anger.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
20. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
21. Capital of Namibia in the center of the country.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. An asset of special worth or utility.
27. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
30. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
31. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
32. Adopted in order to deceive.
36. Improperly forward or bold.
41. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
43. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
46. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
47. Brought together into a group or crowd.
50. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure.
53. Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
56. Of an incalculable amount.
58. A person who lacks good judgment.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
62. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
73. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
74. A person who makes use of a thing.
78. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. Castrate, used with animals.
80. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
81. A rapid bustling commotion.
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1. A medieval oboe.
2. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
3. Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
4. An abnormal loss of strength.
5. A company of companions or supporters.
6. On or toward the lee.
7. A Nilotic language.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
24. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
28. Crested screamers.
29. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
33. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill.
34. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
35. Having or furnished with a mast.
37. German hero.
38. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
44. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
45. The probability of a specified outcome.
48. The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
49. A deep bow.
52. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
61. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
63. A fastener for a door or lid.
64. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
68. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
69. A genus of European owls.
71. 32nd President of the United States.
72. Being one more than two.
75. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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