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1. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
5. A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
12. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
15. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
16. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
19. Goddess of love and fecundity.
20. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
22. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
26. Be successful.
28. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
31. A Loloish language.
32. A tributary of the Ohio River.
36. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
38. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A city and port in northern Jutland.
46. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
49. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
51. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
52. Cast again, in a different role.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
55. A cgs unit of work or energy.
57. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
65. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
70. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
74. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
75. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
76. Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
77. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
78. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
79. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
5. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. A state of extreme dishonor.
8. A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.
9. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
10. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. Avatar of Vishnu.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
25. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods).
30. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
33. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
34. Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.
35. (Scotland) Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
43. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
45. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
47. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
48. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
50. Baby bed with high sides.
54. A fraudulent business scheme.
56. Put a new heel on.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
60. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
61. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
63. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
64. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
66. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
67. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
72. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
73. An argument opposed to a proposal.
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