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1. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
5. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
12. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
16. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
18. Lacking excess flesh.
19. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
20. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
22. 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.
24. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. An island of central Hawaii.
29. Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants.
32. Squirrel monkeys.
36. Having leadership guidance.
37. A boy or man.
39. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. Fail to do something.
43. The month following July and preceding September.
44. A genus of Malayan tree.
46. Not reflecting light.
48. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
49. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
52. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
53. Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
55. Lower in esteem.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
65. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
66. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
74. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
75. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
76. The superior of a group of nuns.
77. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
78. Either extremity of something that has length.
79. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
80. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
2. The content of cognition.
3. Dearly loved.
4. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
5. Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
8. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
9. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
12. Type genus of the Majidae.
13. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
14. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
21. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
30. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
34. An established line of travel or access.
35. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
38. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
41. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
45. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
47. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A person who subscribes to a variety of fads.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
58. Treated with contempt.
60. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
62. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
63. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
67. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
68. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
71. An accountant certified by the state.
72. A human limb.
73. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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