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1. United States feminist (1885-1977).
5. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
12. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
15. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
16. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
17. The act of using.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
19. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
20. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
21. In bed.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Tastelessly showy.
26. 1 species.
29. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
37. A period of time spent sleeping.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
44. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
46. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
48. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
49. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
50. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
51. Advancing as if in the game of leapfrog.
53. A card game for 2 players.
55. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.
57. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another.
59. 16 ounces.
63. Filled with a great quantity.
66. The capital of Western Samoa.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
73. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
74. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
75. A person who practices masturbation.
77. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
78. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
79. (Phoenician) A fertility goddess.
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Lacking leadership.
4. Filled with a great quantity.
5. Jordan's port.
6. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
7. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
8. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
9. The mints.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
13. One thousandth of a second.
14. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
28. A motley assortment of things.
31. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
34. A secondary consequence.
35. A loop in a rope.
36. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
38. A formal expression of praise.
40. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
41. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
43. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. The state of being held in high esteem and honor.
47. The second largest city in Tunisia.
52. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers.
54. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
56. The act of putting something in working order again.
58. A genus of Lamnidae.
60. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
64. A French abbot.
65. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
67. In or of the present month.
68. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
71. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
72. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
76. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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