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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
5. The state of being silent (as when no one is speaking).
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
16. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something.
20. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
25. The content of cognition.
27. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
28. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. (Greek mythology) God of love.
36. Free from risk or danger.
38. Lacking self-confidence.
42. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
43. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
45. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
48. Put into service.
50. Covered with paving material.
53. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
55. Perceive sound.
56. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
57. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
58. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
59. The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
61. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
63. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
64. Lean end of the neck.
66. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
70. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
72. German hero.
76. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
78. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
80. The cry made by sheep.
81. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
82. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
84. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
85. The habitation of wild animals.
86. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
87. An informal term for a father.
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1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. A genus of Indriidae.
4. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
5. An enclosed space.
6. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
7. Held dear.
8. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
9. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
10. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. Call upon in supplication.
24. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
26. An associate degree in applied science.
29. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
33. An official or legal cancellation.
34. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
35. A port city in western Turkey.
37. Do without.
39. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
40. Not only so, but.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A Loloish language.
46. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
51. The vein in the center of a leaf.
52. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
54. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. 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.
65. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
67. Any loose flowing garment.
68. A primeval personification of air and breath.
69. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
71. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
73. In bed.
74. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
75. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
77. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
83. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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