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1. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
11. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
15. Informal terms for clothing.
16. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
17. The face of a timepiece.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. Lamb leg suitable for roasting.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
25. In operation or operational.
26. City in central Iran.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
36. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
42. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
43. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
44. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
45. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
48. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
51. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
52. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
53. A genus of Ploceidae.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
66. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
67. A large number or amount.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A recently enlisted soldier.
75. A slender double-reed instrument.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. Only the bowfins.
78. A Loloish language.
79. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
80. Large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web.
81. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. The muscular back part of the shank.
3. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
4. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
5. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
6. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
7. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
12. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
30. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
33. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
34. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
35. Make a subtraction.
37. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
38. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
46. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
54. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
55. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
60. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
62. Look at with amorous intentions.
63. A female domestic.
64. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
65. (prefix) Half or partial.
68. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
69. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
70. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
73. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
74. Two-year-old sheep.
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