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1. An unforeseen obstacle.
5. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
11. A boy or man.
15. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
16. Remove completely from recognition or memory.
17. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
21. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
23. Set down according to a plan.
24. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
25. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
27. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
29. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
32. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
34. Suggestive of the supernatural.
35. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
42. An expression of greeting.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
51. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
57. A genus of Indriidae.
61. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
69. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
70. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
71. A port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel.
73. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
76. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
78. A local computer network for communication between computers.
79. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
80. Someone who bets.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
4. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
5. Overcome esp. with astonishment or disbelief.
6. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
7. A radioactive transuranic element.
8. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
9. A genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
10. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
11. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
12. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
13. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
14. Causing irritation or annoyance.
19. Having leaves or leaves as specified.
22. A genus of Platalea.
26. A slight wind (usually refreshing).
28. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
30. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
31. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
44. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
46. A heavy precious metallic element.
47. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
55. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
58. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
59. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
60. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. The compass point that is one point west of southwest.
67. Cuddling and kissing.
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
75. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
77. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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