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1. Goddess of fate.
4. A resident of Alabama.
12. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
15. Being two more than fifty.
16. A mild comatose state.
17. Up to the present time.
18. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
19. A loose robe.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. Jordan's port.
24. Make amendments to.
26. Money in the form of bills or coins.
27. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
29. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
37. An iconic mental representation.
41. A city and port in northern Jutland.
43. Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.
46. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
47. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
48. Make a sibilant sound.
51. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
53. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
55. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
56. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
58. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
60. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
62. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
64. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Oldest known reptiles.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
77. A worker whose job is to repair things.
78. A man who serves as a sailor.
79. Of southern Europe.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
2. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
7. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
8. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
9. A ray of moonlight.
10. Before noon.
11. Tag the base runner to get him out.
12. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
13. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
14. A state in the western United States.
21. Sour or bitter in taste.
23. Not fitting closely.
25. An informal term for a father.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
36. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
38. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
39. A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc..
40. (Babylonian) Consort of Anshar.
42. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
44. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
54. A language of Australian aborigines.
57. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
59. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
61. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
63. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
65. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
66. Slightly wet.
67. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
68. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
69. Very dark black.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
74. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
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