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1. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
11. Filled or abounding with fog or mist.
15. Being ten more than one hundred fifty.
16. A city in northern Mexico west of Monterrey.
17. English essayist (1775-1834).
18. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
19. Deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain.
21. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
23. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
28. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
30. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
35. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
37. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
39. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
41. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
46. (of persons) Seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom.
49. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
50. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
52. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
54. Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
57. A local computer network for communication between computers.
59. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
63. The capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria.
66. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
70. American novelist (1909-1955).
71. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
74. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
75. Gold or silver wire thread.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
79. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
80. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
81. How long something has existed.
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1. The act of scanning.
2. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
3. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
4. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece.
5. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
6. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
7. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
8. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
9. Of or relating to the gonads.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. Clothing for the head.
12. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
13. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
14. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
20. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The seventh and last day of the week.
29. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
33. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
34. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
36. The leader of an Arab village or family.
38. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
40. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
42. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
44. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
47. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
51. Release from a spell.
53. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
55. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
56. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
62. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
64. A fit of shivering.
65. Being nothing more than specified.
67. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
68. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
73. A castrated tomcat.
77. Before noon.
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