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1. A humorous anecdote or remark.
4. Free from germs or pathogenic organisms.
12. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
15. A strong emotion.
16. Worthy of adoration or reverence.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
20. A trade language widely used in Chad.
21. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
22. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
25. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
27. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. A port city is southern Indonesia.
35. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
40. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
41. A resource.
42. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
44. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
45. Spread or daub over.
48. A Mid-Atlantic state.
50. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
53. Capital and largest city of Bosnia.
57. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
58. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
60. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
61. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
65. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
68. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
70. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
71. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
74. A small portable timepiece.
75. Inquire about.
76. By an unbroken line of descent.
78. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
79. An affirmative.
80. A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
81. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
4. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
7. Flat tableland with steep edges.
8. Noisy quarrel.
9. Having deserted a cause or principle.
10. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
11. The capital and largest city of Japan.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. Not only so, but.
14. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. A deep pulsating type of pain.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
26. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
28. Covered with paving material.
30. Tested and proved useful or correct.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A desert in southern Israel.
34. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).
36. A doctor's degree in education.
37. Short and fat.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
46. Sour or bitter in taste.
47. Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
49. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
54. French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987).
55. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
56. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
59. A mistake resulting from inattention.
62. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
63. (biology) Any hook-shaped process or part.
64. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
66. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
67. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
69. (Welsh) Underworld god.
72. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
73. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
77. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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