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1. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
5. The official language of Latvia.
12. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
15. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
16. A lack of vitality.
17. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
20. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
21. To work at or to absurd length.
23. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
25. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
27. Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
37. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
41. An instrument for measuring the distance between two points.
44. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
45. Used of a single unit or thing.
46. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
49. A university in Connecticut.
50. (of a ship or plane) Sideways drift.
52. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
54. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
55. The first canonical hour.
58. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
60. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
64. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
67. Pay back.
69. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A woman who has recently been married.
73. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
76. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
2. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
3. Administer an oil or ointment to.
4. A colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils.
5. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
6. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
7. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
8. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
9. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
10. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
11. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers.
12. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
13. (South Africa) A small hill rising up from the African veld.
14. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
24. Covered with small blisters.
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
32. A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired.
34. A thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea.
35. The basic unit of money in Romania.
36. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
38. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
39. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
40. A condition requiring relief.
42. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
43. Any member of the genus Physa.
47. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
48. Broad in the beam.
51. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
56. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
57. The vein in the center of a leaf.
59. A single serving of a beverage.
61. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
62. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
63. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
65. In bed.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
71. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
74. Being one more than fifty.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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