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1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
11. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans.
17. Suggestive of the supernatural.
18. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
20. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
21. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
23. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
24. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
26. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
31. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
38. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
39. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
42. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
43. An honorary degree in science.
46. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
47. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. Chief port of Yemen.
51. The capital of Turkey.
52. The specified day of the month.
54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
55. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
62. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
63. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
66. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
70. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
72. Discouraging through fear.
74. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
75. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
79. Impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to, as of some Greek wines.
80. A form of address for a married woman.
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1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Made of fir or pine.
4. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
5. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
6. Covered with paving material.
7. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
8. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
9. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
10. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
11. French composer (1803-1869).
12. The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container.
13. Showily imitative of art or artists.
14. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
19. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
22. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
25. Situated in a particular spot or position.
28. An important person in India.
30. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
32. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
33. A soft whitish calcite.
36. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. British composer (1857-1934).
40. In bed.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
48. Small wooden bat with a flat surface.
50. A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
53. Someone who is being trained.
57. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
58. A port city in southwestern Iran.
60. The practice of living without clothes for reasons of health.
61. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
64. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
65. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
68. Produced by a manufacturing process.
69. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
71. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
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