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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
12. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
15. A Russian river.
16. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
17. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
18. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
19. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
24. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
26. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
29. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
30. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
32. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
33. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
36. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
38. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
41. A state in New England.
43. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
45. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
48. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
49. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
51. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
53. Wood of a pecan tree.
54. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
55. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
58. Affect with wonder.
59. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
61. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
65. Wine from muscat grapes.
68. A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas.
70. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
71. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
74. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
75. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
76. Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles.
78. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
79. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
80. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
3. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
4. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
5. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
6. Jordan's port.
7. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
8. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
9. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
10. Being one more than one hundred.
11. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
12. Talk pompously.
13. Not final or absolute.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
23. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
25. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
27. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
28. A variety of albatross with black feet.
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.
34. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
35. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
37. A city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.
39. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
40. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
42. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
44. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
46. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
47. A gay feeling.
50. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
56. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
57. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
60. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
62. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
66. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
67. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
69. A city of central China.
72. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
73. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
77. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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