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1. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. Not in action or at work.
16. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
17. The month following February and preceding April.
18. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
19. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. A small natural hill.
24. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
28. A polite name for any woman.
29. Fruit of the oak tree.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. The act of catching an object with the hands.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
43. A strong emotion.
44. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
45. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper.
50. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
51. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
52. A Russian river.
53. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
61. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
63. Make crunching noises.
65. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
69. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
70. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
73. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
74. A unit of pressure.
75. An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.
77. A thrusting blow with a knife.
78. The fatty flesh of eel.
79. Method or manner of conduct in relation to others.
80. River in eastern Asia.
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1. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
4. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
5. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
6. Provided with artificial light.
7. Type genus of the Anatidae.
8. Someone new to a field or activity.
9. A salt or ester of propenoic acid.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
21. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
23. (formerly) A cavalryman armed with a lance.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
32. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
34. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
35. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
38. An obsolete kind of container used for distillation.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
47. Of or belonging to an aecium.
48. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
49. A port in southwestern Sweden.
56. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. Female peafowl.
59. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
60. Physically weak.
62. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
64. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
66. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
67. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
68. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. A unit of pain intensity.
72. Black tropical American cuckoo.
76. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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