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1. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
5. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation.
11. Slightly open.
15. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
17. Dwell (archaic).
18. Colloquial American term for a town.
19. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
24. A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there.
25. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. Half the width of an em.
31. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. 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.
44. Worshipper of Shakti.
47. Black tropical American cuckoo.
48. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
50. A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lilylike waxy white flowers.
51. (abbreviated `ha') A unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters).
53. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
54. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
55. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
58. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
59. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
62. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
74. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
75. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. An alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer.
78. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
79. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
80. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
81. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
2. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
3. Lean end of the neck.
4. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
5. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
6. (Sumerian) Sun god.
7. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
8. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
9. The capital of Croatia.
10. Being nine more than forty.
11. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
12. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.
13. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
14. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
22. The residue that remains when something is burned.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. Make a cackling sound.
32. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
33. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
34. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
36. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
37. Any plant of the genus Erica.
38. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
39. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
40. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
43. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
45. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
46. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
49. Type genus of Geastraceae.
52. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
56. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
65. Containing or filled with salt.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
67. A lyric poet.
68. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
69. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
72. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
73. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
77. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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