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1. Seed of a pea plant.
4. Farther along in physical or mental development.
12. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
15. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
16. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
17. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
18. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
19. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
20. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
22. A nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
27. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
28. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
30. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
33. A Loloish language.
36. A quantity of no importance.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. Set down according to a plan.
42. Not out.
46. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
56. An island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
58. Painted beauty and red admiral.
60. A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman).
61. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
66. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
67. 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.
68. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. By bad luck.
72. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
73. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
77. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
78. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
79. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
80. Marked by skill in deception.
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1. A major god.
2. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
3. A simple type of jet engine.
4. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
5. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
6. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
7. A farewell remark.
8. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
9. Of or like a cecum.
10. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
11. A young woman making her debut into society.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
14. French novelist and critic.
21. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
31. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
32. River in eastern Asia.
34. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
35. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
38. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
39. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
41. Causing a dull and steady pain.
43. A genus of Stromateidae.
44. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
45. A native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language).
51. A region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia.
52. With rapid movements.
55. Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
59. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
63. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
76. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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