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1. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
4. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. Black tropical American cuckoo.
16. Of or relating to Galileo or his works.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
20. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
27. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
29. Not divisible by two.
31. Used of a single unit or thing.
32. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
35. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
36. A telephone connection.
40. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
42. On or toward the lee.
43. Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods.
45. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
49. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
53. The face or front of a building.
57. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
58. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
60. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
62. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
64. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
65. With no effort to conceal.
67. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
70. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
73. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
76. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
78. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
79. Any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny.
80. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
82. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
83. An informal term for a father.
84. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An article deposited as security.
2. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
3. Used of the language of the deaf.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
8. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
9. Type genus of the Nepidae.
10. A native of ancient Troy.
11. A negatively charged atom.
12. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
13. Something causes misery or death.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A city in east central Texas.
24. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
26. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
28. Belonging to some prior time.
30. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
33. Without moral standards or principles.
34. Having three dimensions.
37. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
38. A city in the western Netherlands.
39. Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains.
44. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
46. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. Family based on male descent.
51. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
54. Material used to daub walls.
55. Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
56. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
59. The capital of Eritrea.
61. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
63. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
66. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
68. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
69. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
71. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
72. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. God of love and erotic desire.
77. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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