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1. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
4. Someone whose talk is trivial drivel.
12. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. Informal terms for the mouth.
16. Cause to be bitter or resentful.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. A thermostat that operates at very low temperatures.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643).
23. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
25. A bachelor's degree in library science.
28. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
31. (Greek mythology) The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity.
35. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. Related on the mother's side.
38. Social insect living in organized colonies.
40. A coffin along with its stand.
43. A police officer who investigates crimes.
44. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
45. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
48. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
51. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
52. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
54. In bed.
56. An honorary degree in science.
57. Covered with paving material.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
63. Money in the form of bills or coins.
65. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
68. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
70. Liquid excretory product.
73. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
74. Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943).
77. A yearning for something or to do something.
78. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
79. Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value.
80. Having leadership guidance.
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1. The eighth month of the civil year.
2. A city in east central Texas.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. German mathematician (1804-1851).
5. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
6. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
7. The part of the face above the eyes.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
9. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
10. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
11. Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Singing jazz.
14. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
22. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
24. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
29. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
30. Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs.
34. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
39. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
42. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. (Greek mythology) A woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena.
49. Jordan's port.
50. God of love and erotic desire.
53. Void of thought or knowledge.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
59. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
60. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
61. A woman who tells fortunes.
64. The complete duration of something.
66. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
67. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
69. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
71. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
72. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. A son who has the same first name as his father.
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