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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
17. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
18. Do something to an excessive degree.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
21. Located in or toward the back or rear.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
24. Affect with wonder.
26. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol.
28. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
29. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
33. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
34. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
35. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
38. An edible tuber native to South America.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
45. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
47. A barrier that serves to enclose an area.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
51. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
58. 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.
60. In operation or operational.
61. A large fleet.
63. A fellow female member of a youth gang.
66. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
70. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
71. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
74. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
75. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
77. Not in action or at work.
78. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
79. Wool of the alpaca.
80. A small island.
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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
2. A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows.
3. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
4. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
5. A short pithy instructive saying.
6. Being one more than fifty.
7. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
13. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
14. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. An unwholesome atmosphere.
27. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
30. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
32. Person who does no work.
36. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
40. Take away the weapons from.
41. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
43. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
46. Made or produced in the home or by yourself.
48. Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells.
54. Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.
55. Black tropical American cuckoo.
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
57. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
59. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
62. Jordan's port.
64. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
65. The basic unit of money in Iran.
67. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
68. The act of terminating a life.
69. On or toward the lee.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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