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1. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
5. Regional and archaic.
11. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
15. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
16. French novelist.
17. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
18. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
19. Enthusiastic approval.
20. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
21. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
26. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
29. The act of using.
32. A state in midwestern United States.
33. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
37. English physician (1624-1689).
40. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
43. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
44. Be obedient to.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
52. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
55. A city in central New York.
56. An unofficial association of people or groups.
57. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
60. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
64. Not fanciful or imaginative.
66. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
70. A flask that holds spirits.
73. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
74. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
76. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
77. American novelist (1909-1955).
78. Turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards.
80. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
81. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
82. Someone whose occupation is hunting turtles.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
4. Relatively deep or strong.
5. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
6. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
7. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
8. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
9. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
10. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. A tributary of the Rhine.
14. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
22. Chief port of Yemen.
24. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
27. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
30. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
31. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. Involving two dimensions.
38. A secret store of valuables or money.
39. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
48. Shaped like a cube.
49. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
50. King of the Huns.
51. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.
58. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
59. Of southern Europe.
62. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
65. Located farther aft.
67. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
68. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
69. A very light brown.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
75. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
79. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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