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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
11. The property of distance in general.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Overeat or eat immodestly.
17. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
18. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
19. Cause to run off the tracks.
21. The sixth month of the civil year.
23. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
24. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions.
26. Offering fun and gaiety.
28. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
29. Minor or subordinate.
31. An accountant certified by the state.
32. A primeval personification of air and breath.
33. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
36. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
40. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
42. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
44. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
45. The bill in a restaurant.
48. Not easily borne.
49. A festival featuring African-American culture.
51. Small free-swimming tunicates.
53. A university in Connecticut.
55. The 4th planet from the sun.
56. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
60. A genus of Ploceidae.
63. A city in southeastern South Korea.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. The sacred city of Lamaism.
72. A periodic paperback publication.
73. Take in solid food.
74. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
77. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
80. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
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1. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
4. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
5. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
6. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
7. An authoritative person who divines the future.
8. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
9. Elder brother of Krishna.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Instrument used in fighting or hunting.
12. A strong emotion.
13. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth.
14. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
20. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
22. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
25. Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966).
27. A quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) v 1.
30. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
34. Relating to or accompanying birth.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Any plant of the genus Erica.
38. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
39. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
43. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form.
50. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
52. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
54. Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes.
57. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
64. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
66. An Asian river between China and Russia.
67. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
70. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
71. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
75. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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