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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Not present.
12. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
15. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
16. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
19. Moderate to inferior in quality.
20. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
21. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
23. Being nine more than ninety.
24. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
26. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. Of or relating to or near the pudendum.
32. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
34. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A feeling of intense anger.
41. Humorously vulgar.
45. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
46. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
47. Being one more than fifty.
50. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
51. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
53. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
55. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
57. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
59. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
60. Cause to be embarrassed.
64. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
66. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
68. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
74. Used of idealized country life.
76. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
77. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
78. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
79. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
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1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Reduce in worth, character, etc..
5. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. Situated at an apex.
8. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
9. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics.
10. A very light brown.
11. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
14. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. The state of existing and being localized in space.
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. Extreme mental retardation.
35. The 3rd planet from the sun.
36. A group of southern Bantu languages.
37. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
39. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
42. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
43. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
44. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
48. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
49. Women's underwear and nightclothes.
52. (Britain) Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
54. A native-born Israeli.
56. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
58. An informal term for a father.
61. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
62. A kitchen appliance used for cooking food.
63. The capital city of Vietnam.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. Make anew.
70. The airforce of Great Britain.
71. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
75. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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