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1. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
4. Not designed to be thrown away after use.
12. A port in southwestern Scotland.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Placed in a grave.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
19. (South African) An ear of corn.
20. Russian country house.
22. A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
24. Wearing or provided with clothing.
26. A sudden short attack.
27. A member of a European light cavalry unit.
29. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
31. Before noon.
33. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A city in northwestern Syria.
39. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
44. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
45. Wool of the alpaca.
47. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
48. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
49. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. The act of taking something back.
56. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
59. A bachelor's degree in religion.
60. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
62. Left-hand page.
65. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
67. In bed.
70. American novelist (1909-1955).
73. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
74. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
76. Raise trivial objections.
81. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
82. A bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition.
84. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
85. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
86. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
87. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
2. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
3. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
4. Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices.
5. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
6. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
7. Sottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).
8. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
9. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
14. Taking place over public roads.
21. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
25. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
28. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
30. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
32. A noisy riotous fight.
36. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
37. A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid).
38. The ending of a series or sequence.
40. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
41. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
42. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
43. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
46. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
51. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
53. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
54. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
64. The limits within which something can be effective.
69. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
79. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
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