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1. Obscene terms for female genitals.
5. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
11. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. (formal) By means of this.
17. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
18. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
19. An informal term for a father.
21. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
23. Consider as ideal.
24. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
25. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
28. A woman who is engaged to be married.
30. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
35. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. An Asian river between China and Russia.
45. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
49. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
50. The event of something burning (often destructive).
51. Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
54. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
57. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
59. Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919).
61. An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
68. A tooth having two cusps or points.
70. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
71. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
74. Having winglike extensions.
75. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
76. Violently angry and destructive behavior.
78. The content of cognition.
79. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
80. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
81. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
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1. A formal expression of praise.
2. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
3. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
4. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
5. The fifth day of the week.
6. A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
7. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. A Mid-Atlantic state.
11. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
12. A cloth having a crisscross design.
13. The sacred city of Lamaism.
14. The beginning or early stages.
20. A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.
26. Being one more than fifty.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
32. An archaic term for a boundary.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. A sudden short attack.
37. Fallow deer.
38. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
40. A slight wind (usually refreshing).
41. Malicious satisfaction.
42. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
46. A Loloish language.
47. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
52. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
55. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
56. Situated at an apex.
58. Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
60. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
62. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
63. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
64. Something considered choice to eat.
66. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
67. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
69. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
72. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
73. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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