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1. Among the largest bony fish.
5. A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. An endocrine secretion that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. Covered with frost.
19. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
20. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
22. Eat immoderately.
24. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
26. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
27. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
29. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
31. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A light touch or stroke.
35. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
39. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
43. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
44. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
45. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
47. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
48. Continuing or remaining in a place or state.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
52. A short aria.
55. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
56. A railway having a single track.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
59. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
60. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
63. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
70. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
71. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Fiddler crabs.
76. Octopuses and paper nautilus.
78. A republic in central Europe.
79. A boy or man.
80. A great raja.
81. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
2. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
3. A genus of Lamnidae.
4. Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters.
5. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
6. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
7. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
8. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
9. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
10. Half the width of an em.
11. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
12. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
13. (archaic) Of persons.
14. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
21. Jordan's port.
23. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A small informal restaurant.
36. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
37. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
38. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
40. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
41. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
42. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
46. Informal terms for a mother.
49. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
51. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
53. A window above a door and hinged to a transom.
54. Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
57. Australian moundbird.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
65. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
66. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
72. The month following March and preceding May.
73. A state of southwestern India.
77. The fifth day of the week.
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