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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
11. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions.
17. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
18. The residue that remains when something is burned.
19. Place (something) where one cannot find it again.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
24. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
25. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
27. Middle-distance iron.
30. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
33. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
37. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
38. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. Having leadership guidance.
40. (slang) The act of stealing.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
51. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
52. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
59. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
61. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
65. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
67. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
69. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
70. A quantity of no importance.
74. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
76. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
78. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
79. Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
5. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
6. Cornmeal boiled in water.
7. Great coolness and composure under strain.
8. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
9. One or some or every or all without specification.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
14. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
22. Slightly pale.
26. (informal) Very tired.
28. The act of damaging something or someone.
29. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
31. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
32. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
34. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
35. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
43. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).
53. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
54. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
55. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
57. Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
60. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
62. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. English monk and scholar (672-735).
71. A light touch or stroke.
72. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
73. Remaining after all deductions.
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