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1. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
5. Someone who makes and sells hats.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
17. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
18. Not yet opened or unsealed.
19. Characterized by slanting characters.
21. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time.
26. An implement used to erase something.
27. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
32. The longest division of geological time.
34. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
37. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
41. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
44. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
45. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
46. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
47. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. An accountant certified by the state.
50. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
52. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
55. A band worn around the arm for decoration.
58. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld.
60. Related on the father's side.
64. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. State in northeastern India.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
70. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
74. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
75. A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone.
77. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen.
80. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
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1. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
2. God of fire.
3. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
4. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
5. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
6. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
9. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
10. The capital of Nationalist China.
11. Of or relating to the enteron.
12. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
13. Of a light grayish-brown color n.
14. An official who carries a mace of office.
20. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
23. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
25. A Russian river.
28. A person given to excessive complaints and crying.
31. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
33. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
35. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
36. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
38. Belonging to some prior time.
39. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
40. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
42. (botany) Of some seeds.
43. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
51. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
53. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
54. Transient cessation of respiration.
56. United States baseball player (born in 1920).
57. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
59. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
61. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
62. Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595).
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
65. 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.
66. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
71. A form of address for a married woman.
72. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. A loud utterance.
76. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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