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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
12. 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).
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Peace of mind.
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. The state of cohering.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
23. Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
25. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies.
28. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
34. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
37. A humorous anecdote or remark.
38. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
42. Having been read.
44. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
51. A period of time spent sleeping.
54. (informal) Of the highest quality.
55. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
57. Treated with wax.
59. An administrative unit of government.
62. Spider monkeys.
65. Remove the hand from.
66. Habitual mode of behavior.
70. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
71. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
74. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
75. An advanced law degree.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
79. A young woman making her debut into society.
80. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
81. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
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1. Speaking a Slavic language.
2. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
3. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
4. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
5. Make amends for.
6. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
7. A strong emotion.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
9. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
10. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
11. The capital of Bahrain.
12. Being or given to servile imitation.
13. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
14. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
22. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
24. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
30. Of or relating to or involving an area.
32. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
33. Armor plate that protects the chest.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
39. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
40. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
41. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
43. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. The father of your father or mother.
52. Situated in front of the anus.
53. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
56. A clay pipe with a short stem.
58. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
60. The brother of your father or mother.
61. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
63. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
64. 16 ounces.
67. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
68. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
69. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
72. A rapid bustling commotion.
73. Lacking in light.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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