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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
17. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
20. Affect with wonder.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
24. A state in New England.
25. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
27. An active and efficient cause.
30. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
31. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. The highest level or degree attainable.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
43. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
44. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
53. City in northeast Pakistan.
57. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
58. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
60. A condition requiring relief.
65. A port city in southwestern Iran.
67. Of or relating to Canada or its people.
72. A light touch or stroke.
73. Anything that contributes causally to a result.
76. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
77. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
78. A house for storing ice.
80. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
81. A master's degree in business.
82. A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family.
83. The last (12th) month of the year.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
5. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
6. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
7. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
8. The mother of your father or mother.
9. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
12. By bad luck.
13. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
21. God of death.
23. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
26. Enthusiastic approval.
28. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
29. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
32. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
37. Small tropical flea.
38. Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts.
39. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
42. Of southern Europe.
47. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
48. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
54. Toward the mouth or oral region.
55. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
56. A farm building for housing poultry.
59. A doctor's degree in optometry.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
62. Order by virtue of superior authority.
63. Half the width of an em.
64. A person to whom money is paid.
66. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
68. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
69. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
70. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
71. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
74. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
75. A branch of the Tai languages.
79. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
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