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1. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
4. Deliberately vague or ambiguous.
11. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
15. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
16. Having or using two filaments.
17. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
18. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
19. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages.
21. Not only so, but.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
24. A thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea.
25. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
26. (trademark) A sweet Scotch whisky liqueur.
28. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
29. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
33. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. An awkward stupid person.
39. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
40. The 5th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. The longest division of geological time.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. Use again after processing.
50. A city in northeastern Ohio.
52. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
54. Suggestive of the supernatural.
55. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
56. Covered with paving material.
59. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
60. An enclosed space.
62. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
66. Remote in manner.
70. Not made with leavening.
72. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
75. Jordan's port.
76. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
77. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
80. (British) Your grandmother.
81. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
82. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. African mahogany trees.
2. Chief god.
3. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
4. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
5. A stock or supply of foods.
6. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
7. An Asian country under the control of China.
8. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
9. British informal term.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
13. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
14. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
20. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
22. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
27. An old Scottish coin of little value.
30. Sour or bitter in taste.
31. Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
32. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
34. Transient cessation of respiration.
35. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Unknown god.
41. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
42. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
49. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
51. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
58. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
61. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
63. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
68. A slender double-reed instrument.
69. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
74. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
78. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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