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1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
4. The lowermost sail on the mainmast.
12. A proportion multiplied by 100.
15. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
16. The condition of having no arms.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
18. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
20. (architecture) Oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture.
21. A strong emotion.
22. A populous province in northeastern China.
25. An honorary arts degree.
26. Cause to grow thin or weak.
29. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
30. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
31. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
36. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
37. South African term for `boss'.
41. A branch of the Tai languages.
42. One thousandth of a second.
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
47. Type genus of the Percidae.
50. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
51. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
52. The eleventh month of the civil year.
54. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
56. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
57. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
61. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height.
63. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
67. One of the three Furies.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. Having removed clothing.
75. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
76. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
77. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
78. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
79. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
80. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
2. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
3. The state of being unsure of something.
4. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
7. A quantity of no importance.
8. A player who makes a score in a game or contest.
9. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
10. Being one more than two.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
13. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
14. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
19. (informal) Foolish.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
27. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
33. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
34. Of southern Europe.
35. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A Loloish language.
40. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
43. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
46. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
48. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
49. Lacking gonads.
53. (pathology) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin.
55. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
58. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
59. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. Rub elbows with.
62. A language group of the Hokan family.
64. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
68. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
69. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
70. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
73. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
74. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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