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1. A French abbot.
5. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
12. The unit of frequency.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. Sea catfishes.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
19. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
22. Take in solid food.
23. take exception to.
24. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
26. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
28. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
34. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
35. Lower in esteem.
38. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
42. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
44. A port in southwestern Scotland.
46. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
47. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
49. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
51. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
52. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
53. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
60. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
68. The act of scanning.
69. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
71. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
75. Chief port of Yemen.
76. A city in central Texas.
78. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
79. English monk and scholar (672-735).
80. Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody.
81. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. A member of the British order of honor.
4. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
7. 1 species.
8. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
9. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. God of the earth.
12. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
13. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
14. An ordered reference standard.
21. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
25. The last (12th) month of the year.
27. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. The seventh month of the civil year.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
37. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
39. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
40. In bed.
41. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
43. Earlier in time.
45. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
48. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
54. Greek mythology.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
59. Australasian kingfishers.
61. Held back.
63. Having the head uncovered.
64. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
65. A woman of refinement.
67. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
70. A musical percussion instrument.
72. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
73. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
74. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
77. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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