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1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
5. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops.
11. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. Extreme mental retardation.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. French postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906).
19. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine.
26. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
29. Being one more than one.
30. Protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water.
33. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill.
37. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
41. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
43. A mountainous island in western Indonesia.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
49. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
51. Covered with paving material.
52. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
53. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
57. A quantity of no importance.
60. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
63. The wife of a sheik.
65. Subject to a demand for payment before due date.
69. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
70. The state of existing and being localized in space.
73. An outstanding example of its kind.
74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
75. A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort.
77. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
78. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
79. Thin flat or tubular green algae.
80. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
4. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
5. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
6. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
7. Being one more than one hundred.
8. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
9. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
10. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
11. 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.
12. Unknown god.
13. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A master's degree in education.
28. A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids.
31. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).
32. Jordan's port.
34. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
35. Transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location.
36. Relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle.
38. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
39. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
40. Tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults.
42. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
44. Type genus of the Majidae.
48. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
50. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
54. A city in western Kenya.
56. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
58. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
59. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
61. A person to whom money is paid.
62. American dramatist (1928- ).
64. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
66. Shout loudly and without restraint.
67. Apply a lubricant to.
68. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
71. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
76. A state in the eastern United States.
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