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1. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
4. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
12. A male human offspring.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
17. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
18. A master's degree in library science.
19. Of or relating to antennae.
20. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
21. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
23. An official report (usually sent in haste).
25. By bad luck.
26. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
31. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
34. An angular shape made by folding.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. In bed.
41. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
46. (trademark) A game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle.
49. A city of central China.
50. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
52. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
53. Of southern Europe.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
56. An informal term for a father.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
61. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
65. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
70. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
75. A long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland.
76. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
78. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
79. (informal) Exceptionally good.
81. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
82. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
83. Serving to set in motion.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
3. Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. Widely known and esteemed.
6. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
8. A member of a formerly tribal people in south central India.
9. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
10. Squash bugs.
11. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
12. Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
24. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
27. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
28. Being one more than one hundred.
32. Make one's home or live in.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
36. Appeal or request earnestly.
38. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
40. An unofficial association of people or groups.
42. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
45. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
47. Someone who engages in debate.
48. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
58. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
59. A bachelor's degree in religion.
62. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
64. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
66. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
67. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
71. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
72. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
73. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
74. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
77. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
80. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
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