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1. An enclosed space.
4. The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
11. Noisy talk.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. A person who yields or surrenders.
17. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
18. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Noisy talk.
25. Having the color of caramel.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
31. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
33. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
37. Poor handwriting.
40. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
43. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
46. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
47. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
49. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. The foot of a human being.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
58. United States basketball forward (born in 1950).
59. Greek god of light.
62. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
63. Pose a threat to.
65. Disposed to venture or take risks.
69. Set down according to a plan.
70. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
73. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
74. Highly excited.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
78. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
79. A lack of vitality.
80. The seventh and last day of the week.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. Jordan's port.
3. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
4. Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain.
5. Being one more than one.
6. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
7. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. (trademark) Nylon fabric used as a fastening.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. A slight indication.
14. The act of terminating a life.
19. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
24. One thousand grams.
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. Before noon.
32. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
34. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
35. An island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
36. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
38. Make reference to.
39. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
42. A populous province in northeastern China.
44. South African term for `boss'.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies.
50. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
51. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
54. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
55. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
56. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
57. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
60. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
61. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
64. Divisible by two.
66. Goddess of fertility.
67. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
68. Any of various small biting flies.
71. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
72. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
76. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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