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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
11. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
15. A city in northern India.
16. A port city in southwestern Iran.
17. Advanced in years.
18. Young sheep.
19. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
20. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
21. South American cavy.
23. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
25. A town in east central Missouri.
27. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
29. One thousand grams.
30. A New England state.
33. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
38. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
45. Top part of an apron.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
51. Toward the mouth or oral region.
54. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
57. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
58. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
60. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
62. Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
65. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
69. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
70. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
73. State in northeastern India.
74. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
75. In an exposed manner.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
79. A festival featuring African-American culture.
80. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
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1. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
2. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
3. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
4. Part of the province of Newfoundland in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava peninsula in northeastern Canada.
5. New Zealand conifer.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Avatar of Vishnu.
8. American Revolutionary patriot.
9. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. Necrotic tissue.
12. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
13. A Russian river.
14. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Jordan's port.
28. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
31. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
32. An onerous or difficult concern.
34. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
35. The capital of Morocco.
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
37. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
39. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
40. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
44. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
50. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
52. The face of a timepiece.
53. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
55. A physician who specializes in psychiatry.
56. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
59. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
61. African mahogany trees.
63. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
64. The food served and eaten at one time.
66. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
67. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Expel, as of gases and odors.
71. The force of workers available.
72. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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