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1. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
4. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
11. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
15. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
16. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
17. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
18. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
20. A street of small shops (especially in Orient).
21. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
22. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
23. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
26. Jordan's port.
29. Treat with excessive indulgence.
32. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
35. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
40. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
41. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
44. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Lower in esteem.
49. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
51. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
52. Closed with a lace.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
60. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
65. A port city in southwestern Iran.
69. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. A decree that prohibits something.
77. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
80. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
2. A city in east central Texas.
3. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
4. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
5. Being one more than three.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
8. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
9. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
10. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
11. Without doubt or question.
12. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
13. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
14. Being precisely fitting and right.
19. Pass by, as of time.
25. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
27. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
28. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
30. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
31. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
33. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
34. Characterized by speed.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
42. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
43. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
45. Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.
46. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
48. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
57. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
64. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
66. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
67. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
68. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
70. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
71. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
74. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
75. Minor or subordinate.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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