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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Pertaining to or near the sun.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Something of little value or significance.
20. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
21. Speaking a Slavic language.
23. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
24. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
26. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
28. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
29. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
32. Half the width of an em.
33. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
36. A long brightly colored shawl.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
43. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
45. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
47. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
49. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
51. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
54. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
59. (of skin) Having a tan color from exposure to the sun.
63. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
64. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
66. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
73. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
77. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
78. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
81. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
82. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
83. Of southern Europe.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
4. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
5. A fine closely woven cotton fabric.
6. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
7. An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract of urinary tract or bones or joints.
8. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
9. Of or relating to acetone.
10. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
11. Capital of the state of Washington.
12. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
13. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
25. A resource.
27. A tight-fitting headdress.
30. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
31. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
34. Boas and pythons.
35. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
37. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
39. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
42. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
44. Having a crew.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Terrestrial carnivores.
50. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
52. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
53. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
60. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
61. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
62. The rattling noise produced when snoring.
65. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
67. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. South African term for `boss'.
71. On, to, or at the top.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
75. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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