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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
12. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled.
19. Used of old persons or old trees.
21. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
22. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
24. Wood of a larch tree.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
30. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
31. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
34. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
35. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
37. Relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs.
42. A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
44. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
45. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
46. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
49. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
51. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
52. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
53. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. Type genus of the Musaceae.
64. Irish abbess.
66. A branch of the Tai languages.
68. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
72. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
77. Hatred of marriage.
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. Late time of life.
80. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The emotion of hate.
2. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
3. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
4. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
5. The capital and largest city of Poland.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. Cut the head of.
8. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
9. Irritate or vex.
10. Related by blood.
11. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
12. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
13. Selected as the best.
14. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
20. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
23. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
26. No longer active or practicing.
28. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum.
29. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
32. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
33. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
36. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
38. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
40. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
41. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
43. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
47. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
48. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
50. Shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.
54. (psychiatry) An abnormal absorption with the self.
55. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
60. Having services engaged for a fee.
62. Battle of World War II (1944).
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
67. Perceive sound.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
73. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
74. A port in southwestern Scotland.
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