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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. German-American Baptist denomination founded in 1708.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
15. A genus of Mustelidae.
16. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
17. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
18. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
19. An appearance of reflected light.
20. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
22. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
29. Type genus of the Plataleidae.
32. A decorative pin worn by women.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
38. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
41. Unable to relax or be still.
42. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
43. Give qualities or abilities to.
45. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
46. Encrusted with sugar or syrup.
50. A toilet in England.
53. Having help.
55. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
56. The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.
58. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
60. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
63. (sport) Used of your own ground.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. Advanced in years.
72. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. The first month of the year.
78. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
79. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
80. Of or relating to an agent or agency.
81. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Made of fir or pine.
2. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
3. A large fleet.
4. A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC.
5. 10 grams.
6. Undo the ties of.
7. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
8. English Romantic poet (1795-1821).
9. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A fit of shivering.
13. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
14. A major god.
21. (medieval Europe) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. Top part of an apron.
27. American dramatist (1928- ).
30. An island of central Hawaii.
31. A resource.
33. The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole.
34. Trousers made with chino cloth.
35. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
39. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
40. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
44. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. The capital and largest city of Chad.
48. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
49. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
51. Discharge from the external ear.
52. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
57. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912).
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. Having finished or arrived at completion.
65. A member of the British order of honor.
67. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
68. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
69. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
71. 10 grams.
73. The sign language used in the United States.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
77. Being one more than one.
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