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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. In the direction against a stream's current.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others.
17. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
18. A warning against certain acts.
20. Having prongs or tines.
21. A bachelor's degree in theology.
22. Type genus of the Amiidae.
23. By bad luck.
25. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. Prong on a fork or pitchfork.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. Very dark black.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
39. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
41. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
43. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
48. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
49. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
50. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
51. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
55. A woman sahib.
57. A deficiency of red blood cells.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
65. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
66. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
69. A branch of the Tai languages.
70. A rapid bustling commotion.
71. Type genus of the Otariidae.
75. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
76. A naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827).
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
80. A child's overgarment for cold weather.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. Type genus of the Caviidae.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. An edible tuber native to South America.
6. A white trivalent metallic element.
7. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
8. The amount a salary is increased.
9. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
10. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
11. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
12. An honorary arts degree.
13. A Loloish language.
14. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
19. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
24. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
26. A genus of Ploceidae.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
33. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
35. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
36. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
38. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
40. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
42. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
44. Basic principles of the cosmos.
45. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
47. Brightest star in Centaurus.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. Lower in esteem.
56. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
58. An extreme state of adversity.
59. Very dark black.
60. Metal shackles.
62. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Jordan's port.
67. Affected manners intended to impress others.
68. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
72. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
73. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
74. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
77. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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