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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Type genus of the Desmodontidae.
12. Type genus of the Muridae.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Kill by throwing stones at.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
20. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
21. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
23. Lower in esteem.
25. An onerous or difficult concern.
27. The emotion of hate.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
35. A turn made in skiing.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
47. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
53. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. God of love and erotic desire.
56. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
58. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
61. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
62. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. A decree that prohibits something.
72. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
75. An enclosed space.
76. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
77. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
79. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
80. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
81. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
82. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
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1. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
5. Take in solid food.
6. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
7. Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
8. Dragonflies and damselflies.
9. The 2nd longest European river.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
14. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
22. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
24. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
26. A deep bow.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
36. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
37. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
38. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
39. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
44. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
45. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
48. Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear.
49. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
52. Jordan's port.
57. A master's degree in business.
59. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
60. A small overnight bag for short trips.
63. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
65. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
67. Advanced in years.
68. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. Held in slavery.
70. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. Being one more than two.
78. An associate degree in nursing.
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