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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. The sign language used in the United States.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Lacking gonads.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
19. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
20. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
21. An angry disturbance.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. English essayist (1775-1834).
28. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. The fifth day of the week.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
34. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
36. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. An alloy of copper and zinc.
44. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
51. Increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.
53. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
55. Family based on male descent.
56. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
57. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
59. A French abbot.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
66. United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905- ).
71. Industrial city of Belarus southeast of Minsk.
73. A person of unquestioning obedience.
74. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
77. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
78. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
79. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine.
81. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
82. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
83. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai people in Mali and Niger.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A master's degree in library science.
4. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
5. American novelist (1909-1955).
6. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
7. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
8. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
9. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
10. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
11. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
12. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
13. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
14. The sound of laughing.
22. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
24. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
27. Being one more than three.
30. Of or relating to herbs.
32. Perfume esp. with a censer.
35. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. Resembling swine.
39. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
40. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
41. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
45. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. Re-equip a factory or plant.
52. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
54. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
62. American poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
63. Type genus of the Gavidae.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
67. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
68. New information about specific and timely events.
69. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
70. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
72. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
75. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
76. Black tropical American cuckoo.
80. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
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