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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. A subject or pursuit that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).
12. A shape that sags.
15. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
16. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
19. The work of carting.
20. Tag the base runner to get him out.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. The capital of Turkey.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
44. (British) A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
45. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
47. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
49. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
50. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
52. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
54. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
57. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
59. A three-tone Chadic language.
61. Speaking a Slavic language.
64. Russian country house.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
75. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
76. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
77. Of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people.
78. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
81. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
2. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
3. A street of small shops (especially in Orient).
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. Of a pale yellow color like straw.
8. A levy of one tenth of something.
9. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
10. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
11. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
34. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
35. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
37. Any plant of the genus Erica.
38. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
39. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
40. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
43. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
46. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
48. Provide with a terrace, as of a house.
51. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
53. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
58. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
60. A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).
62. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
66. Having the slant of a bevel.
68. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. A city in northern India.
72. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
73. Remaining after all deductions.
74. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
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