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1. Late time of life.
4. Edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining.
12. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
15. Term of address for a man.
16. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
17. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
24. Prong on a fork or pitchfork.
25. A low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
26. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
28. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
30. A large fleet.
36. South African term for `boss'.
37. A master's degree in library science.
39. Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose.
42. A person who backs a politician or a team etc..
44. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
45. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
46. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
47. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
49. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. Very dark black.
51. A port city in southwestern Iran.
55. An associate degree in nursing.
56. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
62. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
66. A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
68. 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).
69. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
70. The fifth month of the civil year.
72. Give qualities or abilities to.
74. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
75. Avatar of Vishnu.
76. Give suck to.
78. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
79. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
80. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
2. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
3. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
4. Stopped up.
5. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
6. Related on the mother's side.
7. Type genus of the Mugilidae.
8. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
9. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
21. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
23. Inability to walk.
27. Capable of being tamed.
29. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
31. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
32. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
33. The capital and largest city of Norway.
34. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
35. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
38. English poet and literary critic (1822-1888).
40. Jordan's port.
41. Two items of the same kind.
43. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
48. Obvious and dull.
52. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
53. Wild geese.
54. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
57. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
58. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
60. Put out or expel from a place.
61. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
63. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
71. Considerate and solicitous care.
73. The fatty flesh of eel.
77. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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