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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
11. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
16. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
17. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
18. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
20. Australian moundbird.
21. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
22. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
23. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
27. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
31. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
34. A kiln for drying hops.
38. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
42. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
43. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
45. 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.
50. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
51. The content of cognition.
52. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
53. Of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people.
56. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
61. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
70. A rapid bustling commotion.
71. In a state of sleep.
74. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic.
75. British informal term.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
79. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
80. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
81. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
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1. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
2. A small stream.
3. True firs.
4. withdraw from an organization or communion.
5. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
6. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
7. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
8. (of the feet of some animals) Not webbed.
9. A city of central China.
10. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
11. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
12. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
13. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
14. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
19. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
30. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
32. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
36. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Emotionally moved.
40. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
41. Widely known and esteemed.
44. Rounded like an egg.
46. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
47. Round gourd of the calabash tree.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
57. A Scottish word.
60. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
62. The sixth month of the civil year.
63. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
64. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
65. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
68. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
69. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
72. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
73. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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