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1. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
11. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
15. An accidental happening.
16. Having or covered with hair.
17. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
18. Or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism.
20. A special loved one.
21. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
22. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
24. A quantity of no importance.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. (trademark) Nylon fabric used as a fastening.
32. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
36. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
37. An indistinct shapeless form.
40. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
41. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
43. Of or relating to near the ear.
45. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
46. A person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis).
48. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
52. Either extremity of something that has length.
53. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
54. A system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. Offering fun and gaiety.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
70. United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968).
72. An associate degree in nursing.
73. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
74. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
75. (of water depth) Measured by a line and plumb.
78. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
79. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
80. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
81. A shape that sags.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
3. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
4. A Dardic language spoken in northwestern Pakistan.
6. Any plant of the genus Erica.
7. Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning.
8. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
9. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. The father of your father or mother.
12. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
13. A sudden short attack.
14. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
19. A structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge).
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
28. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
31. (Scotland) A landowner.
33. Closed with a lace.
34. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
35. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
38. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
39. Favoring one person or side over another.
42. Of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics.
44. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. Not based on fact.
50. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
51. A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae.
56. A performer who dances.
57. A genus of Sparidae.
59. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
65. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
66. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
69. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
71. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
76. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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