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1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15. Being one more than two.
16. The property characteristic of old age.
17. Rate of revolution of a motor.
18. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
19. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
20. A telegram sent abroad.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
25. Look at with amorous intentions.
27. Characteristic of false pride.
28. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
30. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
32. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
34. A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy.
36. A failure to maintain a higher state.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. The act of catching an object with the hands.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
48. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
51. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
52. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
59. Someone who takes more time than necessary.
61. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
63. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
67. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
74. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
75. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
77. A word that names a part of a larger whole.
79. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
80. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
81. Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
82. Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
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1. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. One species.
4. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
7. Accumulate on the surface.
8. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
9. The food served and eaten at one time.
10. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
11. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
12. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
13. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
14. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
21. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
24. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
26. Take in solid food.
29. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
31. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
33. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
35. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
37. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
42. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
46. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. Of or relating to the wrist.
50. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
53. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
58. Great coolness and composure under strain.
60. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions.
62. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
64. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
65. Make or become free of frost or ice.
66. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
68. In bed.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
73. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
76. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
78. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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