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1. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
4. Cause to grow thin or weak.
12. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
15. Gone by.
16. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
17. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
18. Flowing in drops.
20. An extended area of land.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. The beginning of anything.
25. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
26. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
30. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
33. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
46. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
47. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
48. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
50. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
51. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
53. One-hundredth of a right angle.
55. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
56. The capital of the Bahamas.
58. A medium for oil-paints.
61. Singing jazz.
62. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
66. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
70. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
72. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
75. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
76. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
79. A primeval personification of air and breath.
80. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
81. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
3. A French river.
4. 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.
5. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
6. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
7. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
8. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
9. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
10. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another.
11. Half the width of an em.
12. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
13. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
14. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
19. The basic unit of money in Macao.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
32. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
34. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
35. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
37. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
38. Type genus of the Elopidae.
40. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
42. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
44. The goddess of the moon.
49. Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
52. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
54. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir.
57. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
59. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
60. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
63. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
64. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
65. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
67. The template for protein synthesis.
68. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
69. Deeply moved.
71. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
73. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
74. An accidental happening.
78. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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