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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Briefly giving the gist of something.
12. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface.
17. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
18. Take off a hook.
20. United States baseball player (born 1925).
21. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
22. Christian martyr.
23. An analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout.
25. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
28. A branch of the Tai languages.
29. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
32. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
36. A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico.
38. Resembling or characteristic of a rat.
40. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
41. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
44. The sixth day of the week.
45. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
47. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
50. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
51. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
54. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
57. In the manner of William Butler Yeats.
59. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
62. 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.
63. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
66. The capital of Western Samoa.
71. Rapid and indistinct speech.
72. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
74. Jordan's port.
75. An elaborate song for solo voice.
76. A city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River.
79. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
80. Male red deer.
81. A person who lacks good judgment.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A projectile that is fired from a gun.
2. Something causes misery or death.
3. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
4. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
5. Not neatly combed.
6. Being one more than one hundred.
7. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
9. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
10. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
11. Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments.
12. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
13. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
14. A French abbot.
19. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
24. Heal or recover.
26. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
30. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
31. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
33. A Christian recluse.
34. A city in northeastern Ohio.
35. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
42. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
43. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
46. The unit of frequency.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
52. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
53. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
55. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
56. A bachelor's degree in science.
58. A state in the western United States.
60. Remote and separate physically or socially.
61. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Squash bugs.
67. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
68. A city in northwestern Syria.
69. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
70. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
73. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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