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1. A kind of person.
4. Any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits.
11. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
15. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
16. A young unmarried woman.
17. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. In a competent capable manner.
20. A French abbot.
21. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
22. Informal terms for money.
23. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
25. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
27. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
30. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
31. An intellectual (who is bald?).
34. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
36. The month following July and preceding September.
37. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
47. Of or relating to Libya or its people.
51. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
52. (prefix) Within.
53. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
54. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
56. Being one more than nine.
57. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
58. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. 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.
67. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
69. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
72. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
75. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
76. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
77. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
79. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
80. Not divisible by two.
81. Having the skin scraped off.
82. Crowd or pack to capacity.
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1. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
2. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
3. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
4. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
8. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
9. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
10. An appearance of reflected light.
11. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
12. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
13. A genus of Ploceidae.
14. Slanderous defamation.
19. Not only so, but.
24. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
26. Any taillike structure.
28. A net or mesh foundation for lace.
32. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
38. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
41. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
42. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
44. A true bug.
46. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
48. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
49. Of or in or relating to the nose.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
55. Relating to the Urdu language.
59. Provide with a new binding, as of books.
60. A special loved one.
62. English monk and scholar (672-735).
64. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
65. Jordan's port.
66. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers.
68. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
70. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
71. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
74. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
78. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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