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1. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
4. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A change downward.
17. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
18. Bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled, in Bridge.
20. A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel.
23. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
25. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
30. Durable fragrant wood.
34. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
40. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
41. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
49. Cause to agonize.
52. Desire strongly or persistently.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
59. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
61. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
63. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
67. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
71. Lacking excess flesh.
74. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
75. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
78. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
79. Former measure of the US economy.
80. Of or pertaining to Rwanda.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The act of giving hope or support to someone.
2. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
3. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
4. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
5. Relating to the study or practice of medicine.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
8. (Irish) The sea personified.
9. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. Read anew.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
19. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Squash bugs.
33. An athlete who plays basketball.
35. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
36. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
42. A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.
43. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
51. A state in midwestern United States.
54. An honorary law degree.
58. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria.
60. Rub elbows with.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
68. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
69. Uttering in an irritated tone.
70. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
72. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
73. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
76. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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