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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
5. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
12. Rate of revolution of a motor.
15. By bad luck.
16. Estimation of the amount of lumber in a log.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
20. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
21. Of greater importance or stature or rank.
23. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
25. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
26. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
28. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
37. A group of countries in special alliance.
39. A daughter of your brother or sister.
42. Informal terms for your occupation.
43. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
44. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
46. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
55. The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal.
59. Ground snakes.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
64. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
67. Indicating the most important performer or role.
69. A branch of the Tai languages.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
75. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
76. Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose).
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
80. In a peacefully serene manner.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Young sheep.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
4. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
5. The compass point midway between west and southwest.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. Any competition.
8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
12. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
13. A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal).
14. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
19. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
24. A soft silvery metallic element.
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
29. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
30. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
31. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A partly sheltered anchorage.
34. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
36. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
38. Being three more than fifty.
40. Expel, as of gases and odors.
41. A genus of Caltha.
45. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
52. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
54. Lower in esteem.
56. Imperial moths.
57. Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.
58. The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel).
61. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Jordan's port.
65. An Eskimo hut.
66. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
68. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
72. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
73. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
74. A loud utterance.
77. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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