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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
12. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. An imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity.
17. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
18. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
22. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
25. Bar temporarily.
26. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. The mansion of the lord of the manor.
36. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
42. The habitation of wild animals.
43. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
46. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
50. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
51. (archaic) Greatness of quantity or measure or extent.
52. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
54. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
56. Before noon.
59. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
60. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
64. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
68. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
73. Jordan's port.
74. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
75. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
77. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
78. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
79. The quality of being alien.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Very close in friendship or affection.
2. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
3. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
4. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. Late time of life.
6. A doctor's degree in religion.
7. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
8. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
9. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
10. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
11. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
19. Of or relating to or containing barium.
21. A medium for oil-paints.
23. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
24. Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba.
28. A resource.
30. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
34. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
37. A republic in western South America.
38. Order by virtue of superior authority.
39. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
44. In or of the present month.
45. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
47. Most important element.
48. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
49. By bad luck.
53. A dyed fabric.
55. A salesman who travels to call on customers.
57. Type genus of the Mugilidae.
58. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
61. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
66. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
67. God of fire.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
76. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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