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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
12. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846).
20. (baseball) A hit that flies straight out from the batter.
21. Lacking in light.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
26. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
28. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
34. The vein in the center of a leaf.
41. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. A bachelor's degree in religion.
47. The content of cognition.
51. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
53. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
54. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
55. The animal order including amoebas.
58. A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure.
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
62. A Hindu prince or king in India.
65. Inconsistent in quality.
70. Jordan's port.
71. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
72. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
74. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. Not in good physical or mental health.
80. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
81. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
82. The basic unit of money in Romania.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. Offering fun and gaiety.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
8. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
9. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
13. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
14. An ardent male lover.
19. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
24. A licensed medical practitioner.
25. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
36. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
37. A furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing).
38. An informal term for a father.
39. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
40. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
43. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
44. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
48. More of the same adv.
49. An airfield without normal airport facilities.
50. Derive or receive pleasure from.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
57. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
59. A branch of the Tai languages.
63. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
64. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
66. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
69. An Eskimo hut.
73. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
76. A heavy precious metallic element.
77. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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