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1. Botfly larva.
4. The visual percept of a region.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A genus of Chelonethida.
17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
18. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
20. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
21. The residue that remains when something is burned.
22. A fraudulent business scheme.
23. A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river.
26. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
28. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
29. A Nilotic language.
32. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
35. Largest known toad species.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
41. Lacking funds.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally).
55. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
56. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
57. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut).
68. A sweet served as the last course of a meal.
71. (archaic) Strict and severe.
74. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
75. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
76. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. A unit of pressure.
80. A city in western Switzerland.
81. (Irish) The sea personified.
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1. South African term for `boss'.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A three-tone Chadic language.
4. A proportion multiplied by 100.
5. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
6. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
7. A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate.
8. Cause annoyance in.
9. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
10. A woman sahib.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
14. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
19. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
24. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
25. Jordan's port.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A city in northwestern Syria.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
33. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
37. The act of using.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
44. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
46. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
50. Any plant of the genus Erica.
51. A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest.
52. A local computer network for communication between computers.
53. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
54. Type genus of the Anatidae.
58. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
59. Consisting of or made of cedar.
60. A glancing rebound.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
64. United States writer (1871-1900).
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
67. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
69. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
70. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
72. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
73. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
77. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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