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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
15. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
16. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
22. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
24. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
26. Impose a penalty on.
28. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
29. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
32. A doctor's degree in theology.
33. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
34. The capital of Croatia.
37. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
41. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
45. A city in northern India.
46. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
47. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. A small tessera.
51. Source of a tough elastic wood.
53. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
56. An associate degree in applied science.
59. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
60. Offering fun and gaiety.
64. A stipulated condition.
67. Used of persons.
70. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
71. The event of being born.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
76. Anise trees.
77. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
78. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
79. Not faithful to religion or party or cause n.
80. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Combining form.
2. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
3. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
4. A kind of sideboard or buffet.
5. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
6. A state in New England.
7. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
9. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
10. A loud and disturbing noise.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
13. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
14. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
19. Type genus of the Nepidae.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
25. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
27. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
30. Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.
31. Late time of life.
35. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
36. In a gay manner.
38. Capital and largest city of Italy.
39. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
40. Belonging to some prior time.
42. Immediately past.
43. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
44. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
50. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
52. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
57. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
58. Any location known for vice and corruption.
61. Affect with wonder.
62. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
66. The capital and largest city of Norway.
68. A short erect tail.
69. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
72. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
73. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
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