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1. The unit of frequency.
4. A rejection of belief.
12. A city in north central Morocco.
15. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
16. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
18. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
20. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
21. The crew of an aircraft.
23. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).
26. A city in Veneto on the River Adige.
27. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
28. Jordan's port.
30. (prefix) Outside or outer.
33. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
34. Covered with or as with a canopy.
38. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
41. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
42. Liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice.
43. An expression of greeting.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. The fifth day of the week.
47. Of or relating to apnea.
49. Make secure by lashing.
51. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
53. A shape that sags.
54. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
55. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
56. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
57. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. English monk and scholar (672-735).
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. A state of readiness to respond.
72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
75. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
76. Produced by a manufacturing process.
77. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
78. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
79. A primeval personification of air and breath.
80. Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.
81. Chief port of Yemen.
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1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
4. An edict of the Russian tsar.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
9. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
10. Capital of Armenia.
11. A bomb with incendiary effects.
12. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
13. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
14. A neutral middle vowel.
19. A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River.
22. Large toothed frog of South and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
24. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
25. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
32. A genus of Scolopacidae.
35. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
36. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
37. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
39. Armor plate that protects the chest.
40. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923).
45. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
48. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
50. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
52. A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
58. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
60. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
61. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
62. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
64. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
66. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
67. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
69. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
70. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
71. The mother of your father or mother.
73. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
74. Late time of life.
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