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1. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
4. A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
15. A cgs unit of work or energy.
16. Apoapsis in solar orbit.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
20. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
24. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
26. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. Without good sense or judgment.
33. English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784).
37. Not restrained or confined or attached.
38. A form of address for a man.
39. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
40. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
41. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
44. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
45. The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.
48. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A river in southeastern France.
52. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
54. A Spanish title of respect for a married woman.
56. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
63. Singing jazz.
66. One of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it.
71. An accidental happening.
74. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
75. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
76. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
77. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
78. How long something has existed.
79. Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
4. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
5. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
6. The fifth day of the week.
7. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. The face of a timepiece.
10. South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers.
11. (Babylonian) The sky god.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
13. Type genus of the Ranidae.
14. By bad luck.
19. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
23. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
25. A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.
27. A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. In no manner.
32. Of or related to or made of wool.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. The ending of a series or sequence.
36. Of or in or relating to the nose.
42. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
43. An agenda of things to do.
46. Emit a cry intended to attract other animals.
47. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
49. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Elected Vice President and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886).
58. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.
60. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
64. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
65. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
67. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
68. A formation of people or things one beside another.
69. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
72. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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