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1. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
4. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
12. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. Emotionally hardened.
17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
22. Wish harm upon.
24. Unknown god.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
27. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
28. Largest crested screamer.
30. 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.
36. Armor plate that protects the chest.
38. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
40. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
42. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
44. Late time of life.
45. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
46. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
50. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. The square of a body of any size of type.
57. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
59. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
63. With rapid movements.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. Creation that is created again or anew.
72. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
80. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
81. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
3. A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant.
4. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
5. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. Light teasing repartee.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
12. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. Lower in esteem.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
32. Aroused to impatience or anger.
33. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
35. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
37. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
39. Of or relating to the kidneys.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
52. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
54. An author born in Ireland who lived in France.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
61. Silkworm moths.
62. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
64. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
65. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
67. Set down according to a plan.
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
73. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
77. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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