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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan. 5. A ballplayer who is batting. 12. An accountant certified by the state. 15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper. 16. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum. 17. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. 18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa. 19. Situated at or extending to the side. 20. Fiddler crabs. 21. A large fleet. 23. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms. 24. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding). 26. Very great. 28. A long-playing phonograph record. 30. An associate degree in nursing. 31. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk). 33. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves. 35. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 37. Regional and archaic. 41. Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution. 45. Informal terms for a mother. 46. The state of being a man. 47. A public promotion of some product or service. 49. Used in combination to denote the middle. 50. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing. 54. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901). 57. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch. 58. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas. 60. The basic unit of money in Finland. 64. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania. 68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 69. A person with the same name as another. 72. A master's degree in business. 73. A master's degree in library science. 74. A genus of Drepanididae. 75. A decree that prohibits something. 76. Black-and-white short-necked webfooted diving bird of northern seas. 77. Amino acid derived from tyrosine. 78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A wine bottle made of leather. 2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 3. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pinktinged fruit. 4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice. 5. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel. 6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 7. Deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain. 8. Offensively malodorous. 9. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. 10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 11. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine). 12. An upholstered seat for more than one person. 13. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce). 14. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. 22. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature. 25. State in northeastern India. 27. An upholstered seat for more than one person. 29. Capable of being influenced or formed. 32. Set down according to a plan. 34. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture. 36. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. 38. Avatar of Vishnu. 39. Expel, as of gases and odors. 40. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest. 42. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. 43. Being one hundred more than three hundred. 44. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans. 48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants. 51. An honorary degree in science. 52. A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes. 53. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals. 55. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992). 56. Containing sugar. 59. A person who gives a name or names. 61. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya. 62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 65. An Eskimo hut. 66. The quantity a cask will hold. 67. A Loloish language. 70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment. 71. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.