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1. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
5. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
12. The force of workers available.
15. Using speech rather than writing.
16. Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia.
20. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
22. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
23. An informal term for a father.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
27. A rapid bustling commotion.
29. A genus of Lamnidae.
32. Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese.
36. American novelist (1909-1955).
39. A human limb.
40. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
41. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
45. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
46. A substance derived from amygdalin.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. A woman aviator.
53. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. A decree that prohibits something.
60. An associate degree in applied science.
62. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
66. Speaking a Slavic language.
68. (used of hair) Neat and tidy.
70. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
71. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
74. Of or relating to punishment.
76. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light.
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
81. Seed of a pea plant.
82. Pearl oysters.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. A genus of Ploceidae.
7. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
11. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
12. One related on the mother's side.
13. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
14. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
21. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries.
24. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
25. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
28. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
30. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
31. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
33. An honorary arts degree.
34. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
35. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
37. Badly injured, perhaps with amputation.
38. Offering fun and gaiety.
42. Treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth).
43. A Russian river.
44. Fallow deer.
47. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
49. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
50. Obvious and dull.
57. A cry of sorrow and grief.
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
61. Transient cessation of respiration.
63. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
67. A formation of people or things one beside another.
69. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
72. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
73. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
79. A state in east central United States.
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