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1. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. Shining unsteadily.
12. A resource.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (Babylonian) The sky god.
19. Old World woody vines.
20. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
26. A quantity of no importance.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
30. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
32. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
35. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
39. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
40. A light touch or stroke.
42. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
43. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
45. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
49. Used of a single unit or thing.
50. Water frozen in the solid state.
52. Relating to the Urdu language.
54. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
55. A resident of Idaho.
57. The activity of recording business transactions.
59. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. Two items of the same kind.
69. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.
73. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
76. Gone by.
77. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
79. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
80. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
81. Having deserted a cause or principle.
83. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
84. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
85. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. Largest known toad species.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
5. (of birds) Having developed feathers or plumage.
6. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
7. In the Roman calendar.
8. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.
9. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. The seed of the cereal grass.
12. A city in northern India.
13. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
14. An informal term for a father.
21. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
23. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
25. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. Cause to become awake or conscious.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. Make amendments to.
34. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
36. True mosses.
37. Growing old.
38. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
41. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
44. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
46. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
47. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
48. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
56. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
58. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
60. (Old Testament) A youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).
63. Remove gas from.
64. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
65. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
67. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
68. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
70. Affected manners intended to impress others.
71. One thousandth of a second.
72. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. God of love and erotic desire.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
82. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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