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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
12. An operating system that is on a disk.
15. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
16. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
17. Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
20. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
21. Fallow deer.
23. A genus of Malayan tree.
24. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. A state in east central United States.
27. A telegram sent abroad.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
38. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
42. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Black tropical American cuckoo.
47. Dwell (archaic).
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
50. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
51. Of or relating to a coast.
55. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
58. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
60. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
61. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
65. Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904).
69. Win approval or support for.
72. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
74. The force of workers available.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. Used in or intended for inhaling.
78. (British) Your grandmother.
79. Range of what one can know or understand.
80. Decide by reasoning.
81. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
4. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
5. Order by virtue of superior authority.
6. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
7. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
8. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
9. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
12. A person of unquestioning obedience.
13. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
14. Irish playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909).
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
32. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
34. The capital city of Vietnam.
35. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
39. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
40. In bed.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A dark gray volcanic rock.
52. A native-born Israeli.
53. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
54. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
57. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
59. Of or relating to or containing barium.
62. A genus of Lamnidae.
63. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
64. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
66. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
67. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
68. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
70. (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.
71. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
73. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
77. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
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