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1. A French abbot.
5. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
16. (Greek mythology) Sea nymph who was a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. (Roman mythology) God of love.
19. Be opposite to.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
24. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
26. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language.
28. A federally chartered savings bank.
30. In bed.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
43. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
45. The ending of a series or sequence.
46. Greek mythology.
47. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
48. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
49. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
51. Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal).
53. A public building for gambling and entertainment.
55. Battle in World War I (1917).
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
59. An endorsement.
61. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
65. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
69. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
70. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
73. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
74. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
75. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
77. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
78. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
79. Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
5. Wild and domestic cattle.
6. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
7. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
8. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
9. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
12. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
13. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
14. Advanced in years.
22. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. Any location known for vice and corruption.
29. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
33. Noisy quarrel.
35. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
38. Genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers.
39. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
41. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
42. An East Indian sailor.
44. Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
54. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
57. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
62. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
63. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
64. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
66. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. A quantity of no importance.
71. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
72. Being one more than two.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
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