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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
11. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
15. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
16. The wood of an African obeche tree.
17. With no effort to conceal.
18. An official or legal cancellation.
20. Gone by.
22. A declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were necessary.
25. Argentinian cariama.
28. The sixth day of the week.
29. Wood of a pecan tree.
32. One million periods per second.
34. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
40. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
44. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
46. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. Slightly open.
48. English essayist (1775-1834).
50. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
51. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
53. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
55. Cheese containing a blue mold.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
71. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A city in the European part of Russia.
75. Of or relating to the stars or constellations.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
79. Brain corals.
80. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
2. Female ruff v 1.
3. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
4. The principal law-enforcement officer in a county.
5. Of or involving dispute or controversy.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
8. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
9. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
11. A port city in southwestern Iran.
12. A mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high).
13. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
26. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
27. Of or belonging to an aecium.
30. Cause to run off the tracks.
31. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
33. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
35. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
39. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
41. A state in the western United States.
42. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
43. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. (Welsh) A warrior god.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
56. Fruit of the oak tree.
57. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
58. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
60. A ludicrously false statement.
61. Heal or recover.
63. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
65. Set down according to a plan.
66. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
69. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
70. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
72. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
76. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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