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1. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
4. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators.
17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
18. The residue that remains when something is burned.
19. United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932).
20. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
21. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
23. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Related in nature.
37. A program that is broadcast again.
38. A doctor's degree in optometry.
39. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
41. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
46. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
50. A city in northwestern Syria.
52. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
56. Type genus of the Amiidae.
59. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. A port and the capital of Guinea.
67. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
74. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
75. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
76. Enthusiastic approval.
78. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
79. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
80. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
81. A French abbot.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people.
5. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
6. The sign language used in the United States.
7. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
8. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
9. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
10. King of the Huns.
11. A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of doorways and passages.
25. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
28. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
29. Either extremity of something that has length.
31. A mountain in south central Alaska.
32. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
34. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
35. The capital of Eritrea.
36. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
40. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
42. An accountant certified by the state.
43. Someone whose business is advertising.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
60. Food chopped into small bits.
63. A slender double-reed instrument.
64. A quantity of no importance.
65. Possessing material wealth.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
69. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
70. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
73. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
77. One million periods per second.
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