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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A ribbon used as a decoration.
11. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
15. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
16. Morning glory.
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
20. To fix or set securely or deeply.
21. Family based on male descent.
23. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
25. A Scottish word.
26. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. A bowl-shaped drinking vessel.
34. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
36. (slang) The act of stealing.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
45. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
51. Capable of being raised.
53. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
56. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
57. The square of a body of any size of type.
58. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
61. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
62. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
64. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
65. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
67. Jordan's port.
73. An audiotape recording of sound.
74. A boat for carrying mail.
78. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
81. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
83. Proboscis worms.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
2. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
3. (prosody) Of or consisting of spondees.
4. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
7. A bachelor's degree in music.
8. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
9. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
12. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
13. A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.
14. Intensely fashionable for a short time.
22. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
24. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
27. A case for containing a set of articles.
29. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Of or concerning this.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
39. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
41. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
42. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
44. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
46. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
47. A deep bow.
49. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
54. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. (South African) An ear of corn.
63. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
66. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. Informal terms for money.
69. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
70. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
75. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
76. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
77. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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