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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. (baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
12. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. Bubble shells.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
19. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
20. How long something has existed.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
24. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
27. Reason by deduction.
29. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
32. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
33. An island northwest of Wales.
37. A Greek island west of Greece.
39. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
41. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
43. Formed or united into a whole.
44. On or toward the lee.
45. Meat from an adult domestic bovine.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
51. (prefix) Consisting of more than one.
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
60. Before noon.
61. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
65. In bed.
70. A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas.
72. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
73. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
75. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
76. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
78. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. Relating to abdominal delivery.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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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. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. Largest known toad species.
4. Civet of Madagascar.
5. Jordan's port.
6. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
7. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
8. Dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock.
9. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
10. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
11. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
12. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
25. Found near the Channel Islands.
26. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
28. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
30. Characterized by slanting characters.
31. Walk or tramp about.
34. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
35. A daughter of your brother or sister.
36. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
38. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
40. A three-tone Chadic language.
42. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
46. Where the air is unconfined.
47. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
48. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
53. A large and densely populated urban area.
55. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
56. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
58. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
59. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river.
62. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
67. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
68. The template for protein synthesis.
69. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
71. A city of central China.
74. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
77. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
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