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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890).
16. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
17. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
18. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
19. An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.
20. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
21. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
23. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
24. Loud confused noise from many sources.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
40. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
42. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919).
43. A river in the east central United States.
45. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
46. Used of men.
47. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
48. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
51. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
52. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
54. Made of or resembling lace.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
59. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
63. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
65. French philosopher and theologian.
67. Someone who journeys in foreign lands.
71. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Chief port of Yemen.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
79. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and North Asia.
80. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
81. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
3. Highly excited.
4. God of wealth and love.
5. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
6. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
7. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).
8. Look at with amorous intentions.
9. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
10. Triteness or triviality of style.
11. A sac-like widening of an artery.
12. Material used to daub walls.
13. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. Type genus of the Bramidae.
28. Covered with paving material.
30. Without moral standards or principles.
31. Of or related to or derived from oats.
33. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
34. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
35. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
36. A Greek island west of Greece.
37. Genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin.
39. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
49. A three-year law degree.
50. Soft-shell clams.
53. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
55. A vigorous blow.
58. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
60. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. Cover with drops, as with dew.
62. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
64. The brightest star in Virgo.
66. indicate by signs.
68. Avatar of Vishnu.
69. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
70. A female domestic.
72. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
73. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
77. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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