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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
11. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Heighten or intensify.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
20. Jordan's port.
21. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
22. Become ground down or deteriorate.
23. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Found along western Atlantic coast.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
39. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
41. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
42. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
47. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
49. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
53. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
56. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
58. Semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France.
59. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
62. The content of cognition.
65. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
66. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
69. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
71. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
73. The capital of Morocco.
75. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
76. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
77. A small book usually having a paper cover.
79. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
80. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
81. A state in south central United States.
82. Liquid excretory product.
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1. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
4. Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. A serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague).
7. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
8. Rounded like an egg.
9. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
10. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
11. Pan with a convex bottom.
12. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
13. A three-tone Chadic language.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
33. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
34. Any system of principles or beliefs.
35. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
37. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. Little known Kamarupan languages.
40. At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.
43. Seed of a pea plant.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A motley assortment of things.
48. Buffalo fishes.
52. Goddess of fertility.
54. (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
55. The act of catching an object with the hands.
57. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
61. (of plants) Having tall spindly stems.
63. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
64. A European river.
67. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
68. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
70. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
72. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
78. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
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