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1. Using speech rather than writing.
5. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
16. A customs union comprising BElgium and NEtherlands and LUXembourg.
17. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
18. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
21. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
23. Formally making a person known to another or to the public.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
29. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
32. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
36. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
40. Informal terms for a mother.
43. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
44. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
45. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
47. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
49. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
50. Tropical Asian starlings.
51. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
53. A form of address for a man.
54. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
61. A state in east central United States.
62. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
66. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
69. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
70. An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
72. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
73. Being one more than nine.
74. Capital of the state of New Jersey.
76. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
77. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
78. An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.
79. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
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1. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
2. A deep prolonged loud noise.
3. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
4. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
8. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
9. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
10. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
12. Tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia.
13. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
14. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
22. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. Forming or set at an angle.
30. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
31. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
33. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
34. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
35. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
37. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
46. Of or relating to or near the nares.
52. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
61. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
65. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
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