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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
15. Seed of a pea plant.
16. A battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512.
17. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
18. A genus of Ploceidae.
20. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
23. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
25. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
27. Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals.
29. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
31. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
35. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
38. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
39. Of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first.
41. Acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) n.
43. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
44. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
45. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
46. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
50. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
52. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
53. The sixth month of the civil year.
54. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
56. The month following July and preceding September.
58. An Anatolian language.
64. A French abbot.
67. Clear to the mind.
69. A branch of the Tai languages.
70. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
72. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
74. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
75. A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
80. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
2. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
3. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
4. Translating an idea into action.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
7. Type genus of the Cebidae.
8. The beginning or early stages.
9. Administer an oil or ointment to.
10. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
11. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
14. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
19. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
24. 1 species.
26. A plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth.
28. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
30. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
32. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
33. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
34. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
36. Squash bugs.
37. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
40. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
42. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
47. A means of serving.
48. A deep pan with a handle.
49. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
51. Greek mythology.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
59. Strong and sharp.
60. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
61. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Jordan's port.
65. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
66. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
73. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
76. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
77. Informal terms for a mother.
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