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1. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
5. City in central Iran.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
17. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
18. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
19. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
20. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
21. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
23. A bachelor's degree in religion.
24. Affect with wonder.
26. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
27. Spanish philosopher (1235-1315).
29. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
32. An Asian river between China and Russia.
36. A song that was formerly popular.
37. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
38. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
43. The time period between dawn and noon.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
45. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
51. Ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June).
53. (often used in combination) Not genuine but having the appearance of.
56. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
57. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
58. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects v 1.
60. Squash bugs.
62. Plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds.
65. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
69. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
70. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
73. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
74. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
75. English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979).
77. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
78. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
79. A great raja.
80. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. A musical composition in several movements.
4. Widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
5. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
6. A large number or amount.
7. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
8. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
9. Robbery at gunpoint.
10. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
11. Of or in or relating to the nose.
12. Largest known toad species.
13. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
14. Soft creamy white cheese.
22. Provide with a new seat, as of a chair.
25. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
28. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
30. Oil palms.
31. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
33. (ophthalmology) Eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability.
34. A state of commotion and loud confused noise.
35. Gnaw into.
41. First in order of importance.
42. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
46. A genus of Colubridae.
48. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
50. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. A permanent council of the United Nations.
55. Remove offensive capability from.
59. Support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird).
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
64. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. Rounded like an egg.
68. A quantity of no importance.
71. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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