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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
11. A Loloish language.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. Given to quarreling.
17. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
18. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
19. A reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South).
20. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. (of a heraldic cross) Having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
26. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
28. A genus of Ploceidae.
31. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
32. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. A soft silvery metallic element.
40. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
41. The airforce of Great Britain.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
51. Mite or tick.
52. Talk pompously.
53. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
54. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
55. (nautical) Of an anchor.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
59. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
60. Accepted as real or true without proof.
62. An informal term for a father.
66. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
67. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
70. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
71. With rapid movements.
73. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
74. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
78. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
79. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
80. A great raja.
81. The month following March and preceding May.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
6. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
7. A copper-nickel alloy with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient.
8. A person's brother or sister.
9. Befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
10. In a currish manner.
11. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
12. A festival featuring African-American culture.
13. Being here now.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
22. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
24. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
27. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
29. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
30. Brought low in spirit.
33. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
34. A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building.
36. A quantity that is added.
37. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
39. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
42. Written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press.
43. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
45. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
48. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
49. An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
50. A Pacific island north of Australia.
56. National capital of Kiribati.
58. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
61. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
63. In bed.
64. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
65. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
68. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
69. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
75. A doctor's degree in religion.
76. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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