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1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
11. Slightly open.
15. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
17. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
18. Deciduous shrub of North America.
20. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
21. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
22. A theatrical performer.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
26. Provoke someone to do something through promises or persuasion.
28. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
31. The molding at the top of a column.
33. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
34. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
41. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
44. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
45. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A doctor's degree in education.
52. Most important element.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
60. Relating to or lying near the palate.
65. The square of a body of any size of type.
66. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. In the process of being born or beginning.
74. A French abbot.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
79. Kauri pine.
80. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
2. Of or relating to near the ear.
3. An ornamental flower garden.
4. A card game for 2 players.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin).
7. An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. An innocuous or inert medication.
10. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
13. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
14. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
19. Become gelatinous.
24. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
27. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. Type genus of the Percidae.
32. Treated with oil.
36. (botany) Divided into two lobes.
38. Jordan's port.
39. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
40. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
42. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
43. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
46. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
47. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
48. That is to say.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
55. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
56. Tag the base runner to get him out.
58. French classical painter (1780-1867).
59. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
61. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
62. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
63. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
64. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
67. Having the slant of a bevel.
69. A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food.
71. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
73. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
76. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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