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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
12. How long something has existed.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. Herbs or shrubs or small trees.
17. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. Sprinkled over.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
23. United States feminist (1860-1935).
25. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
28. Willing to face danger.
31. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
34. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
37. Type genus of the Gavidae.
39. Indigo bush.
40. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. An old Scottish coin of little value.
52. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Type genus of the Amiidae.
55. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
58. A state in east central United States.
59. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
60. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. Formed like a bacillus.
68. Inquire about.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Capable of wounding.
74. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
75. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
78. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
79. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
80. A disposition free from stress or emotion.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A sudden desire.
2. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
3. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
4. A native-born Israeli.
5. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
6. Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes.
7. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
8. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
9. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
10. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts.
11. The number of which a given number is the logarithm.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
22. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
24. A Russian river.
27. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
29. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
30. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa.
32. Cut in half or cut in two.
33. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
38. Meat from a calf.
42. A deep bow.
46. The line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck.
48. Have confidence or faith in.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
51. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
56. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
57. A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
65. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
66. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
73. A woman religious.
77. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
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