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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. (of a roof) Having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper.
12. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
15. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
16. Made clean.
17. Considerate and solicitous care.
18. Remote in manner.
20. Hit hard.
22. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
24. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
26. An elaborate song for solo voice.
29. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
30. Lower in esteem.
32. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
34. An electrically charged particle.
36. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
46. 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.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A light touch or stroke.
51. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
56. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
60. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
68. Used of idealized country life.
70. Cut or impressed into a surface.
72. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
73. Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals).
76. Jordan's port.
77. Pan with a convex bottom.
78. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
80. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
81. Used of a single unit or thing.
82. Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
3. Relating to or caused by wind.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. One million periods per second.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
8. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
9. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
10. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
11. A doctor's degree in religion.
12. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
13. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
14. Enthusiastic approval.
19. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
21. A bachelor's degree in religion.
23. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
25. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Tag the base runner to get him out.
39. A French abbot.
40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
41. Any competition.
43. A South American river.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
53. Of or relating to a basin.
57. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
58. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
59. Related to or located at the back.
61. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
63. A negatively charged atom.
65. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. A coarse term for defecation.
71. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
74. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
75. Provided with artificial light.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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