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1. Largest known toad species.
5. Someone employed by a gas company.
11. Young sheep.
15. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
16. Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended.
17. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
18. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
20. A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling.
21. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
22. Convert ordinary language into code.
23. An impression made from an etched plate.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
34. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. Have supper.
41. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A colorless liquid aldehyde.
49. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
51. Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
55. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
56. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
57. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
58. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
64. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
70. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
78. Slightly wet.
79. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
80. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
2. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
3. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
4. Ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes.
5. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
8. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
9. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
10. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
11. A driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip.
12. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
13. A unit of weight used in Asia.
14. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
25. The sign language used in the United States.
26. Used especially of front teeth.
29. (botany) Of some seeds.
30. Ruffed grouse.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
36. An atom having a valence of one.
37. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
38. Big-eyed scad.
40. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
42. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
43. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
45. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
46. Jordan's port.
48. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
50. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
54. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. Avatar of Vishnu.
60. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
61. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
62. An informal term for a father.
63. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
65. Framework for holding objects.
66. A slender double-reed instrument.
67. A quantity of no importance.
69. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
72. Tag the base runner to get him out.
76. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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