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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
5. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
11. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
16. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
17. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
21. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
22. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
23. Make or emit a high tinkling sound.
24. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
26. An outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles.
28. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
31. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
32. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
38. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A populous province of south central China.
47. Make moist.
49. Characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
50. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
54. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
55. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
58. The longest division of geological time.
59. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
64. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
68. (often followed by `with') Damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
73. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
74. An interpreter and guide in the Near East.
77. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
78. Extremely pleasing.
79. Engage in legal proceedings.
80. How long something has existed.
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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water.
4. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
5. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
6. 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.
7. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. (usually plural) A destructive action.
11. Congenital absence of the uterus.
12. An oil port in southern Iraq.
13. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
14. Satisfy (thirst).
19. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
25. A state in New England.
27. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
29. Affect with wonder.
30. Lap at the front of a coat.
33. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
35. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
36. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
37. Wife of Balder.
39. A humorous play on words.
40. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
41. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
42. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989).
45. Having a claw or claws.
46. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
48. An enthusiastic kiss.
53. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
56. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
57. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. A beautiful and graceful girl.
63. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
65. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
66. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
67. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
69. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
70. An audiotape recording of sound.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
75. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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