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1. Thin and fit.
5. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
12. Water frozen in the solid state.
15. Not widely known.
16. Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere.
17. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
18. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. English novelist.
21. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
26. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
28. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
29. The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
39. The vital principle or animating force within living things.
40. The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A strong emotion.
44. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. Convert ordinary language into code.
51. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
55. Half the width of an em.
56. A Russian river.
58. An accountant certified by the state.
60. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
64. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
69. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
70. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
71. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
73. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
74. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
75. A French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
78. Located in or toward the back or rear.
79. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
2. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
3. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
4. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
5. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
6. An event that departs from expectations.
7. The capital and largest city of Japan.
8. The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle.
9. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
10. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
13. Baby bed with high sides.
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
20. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
22. The production of young from an egg.
24. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
30. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
32. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
34. A bluish shade of green.
35. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
41. A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.
46. Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs.
47. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
48. Obvious and dull.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
54. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
57. A loud harsh or strident noise.
59. A theatrical performer.
61. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
65. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
66. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
67. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
68. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
72. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
76. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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