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1. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
4. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
12. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
15. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
16. Anesthetize with ether.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
20. A tributary of the Rio Grande.
21. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
22. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
23. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. The closing section of a musical composition.
35. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
38. The basic unit of money in Panama.
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
41. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
43. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
44. Become slow or slower.
47. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
52. Not normal.
54. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
56. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
60. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
63. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
64. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
67. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
68. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
69. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
70. Type genus of the Majidae.
71. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. A police officer who investigates crimes.
77. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
78. A rapid bustling commotion.
79. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
4. (South African) An ear of corn.
5. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
6. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
7. An official or legal cancellation.
8. A strong emotion.
9. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
10. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
11. Ctenophore having short tentacles.
12. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
19. Visionary British poet (1757-1827).
24. The skin that covers the top of the head.
26. A South American river.
27. Characteristic of a mob.
29. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
30. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
33. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
34. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
36. In bed.
37. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
39. Broad in the beam.
42. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
45. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
46. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
48. (of unknown regions) Not yet surveyed or investigated.
49. Lacking in smartness or taste.
53. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
55. An island in the south Pacific.
57. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
58. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
59. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Jordan's port.
65. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
66. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
75. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
76. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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