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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. A climber of vertical rock faces.
12. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
16. Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
20. An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something.
22. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
25. Understood in a certain way.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Close or warm friendship.
30. A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
33. A raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam.
36. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
38. The capital of Western Samoa.
40. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
44. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
46. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
48. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A master's degree in education.
52. Tag the base runner to get him out.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. (of weather) Wet by periods of rain.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
64. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
66. Enthusiastic approval.
68. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
71. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
73. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
74. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
77. Young sheep.
78. Type genus of the Amiidae.
79. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
80. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
4. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
5. Capital and largest city of Italy.
6. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
7. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
8. A state in north central United States.
9. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
12. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
21. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.
23. A city in central southwestern Iran.
24. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
28. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
29. East Asian perennial herbs.
31. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
32. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
35. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
41. Obvious and dull.
43. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
45. The month following March and preceding May.
47. The condition of having no arms.
49. A long slender cigar.
54. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
56. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
58. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
59. The largest city of Cameroon.
60. A populous province in northeastern China.
63. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
67. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
69. The highest level or degree attainable.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
76. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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