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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
12. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
16. Type genus of the Sturnidae.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. The act of drawing or hauling something.
19. (medieval Europe) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
20. A grant made by a law court.
22. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
24. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
28. The act of catching an object with the hands.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
34. Not in action or at work.
35. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
43. Communicated in the form of words.
47. A radioactive transuranic element.
49. Midwife toads.
50. Disposed to please.
52. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
54. Fiddler crabs.
55. Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way.
56. Of or relating to a caesura.
58. (used informally) Very small.
60. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
61. Being one more than fifty.
62. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
63. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
69. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
74. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
76. The first light of day.
79. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
80. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
83. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
84. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
85. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
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1. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
6. An implement for practical use (especially in a household).
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
9. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
10. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
11. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
12. A master's degree in business.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. Made from fermented mash of grain.
23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
29. Seed of a pea plant.
31. Large Old World butterflies.
33. An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation.
36. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
37. Speak in a nasal voice.
39. A narrow street with walls on both sides.
41. A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon.
42. By bad luck.
44. The brightest star in Orion.
45. A building where prostitutes are available.
46. A bachelor's degree in library science.
48. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
73. Again but in a new or different way.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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