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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
12. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
15. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
16. Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
17. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
18. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
19. Type genus of the family Crangonidae.
20. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
21. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
23. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
25. A Spanish title of respect for a man.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
29. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
32. Little known Kamarupan languages.
34. of or relating to poetry.
38. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections.
46. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
47. Lower in esteem.
49. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
50. Sour or bitter in taste.
53. (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.
55. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
57. A small quantity of anything.
59. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
62. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
64. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
66. Any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms.
70. Distant in either space or time.
71. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
74. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
75. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
79. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
80. Liquid excretory product.
81. A great raja.
82. A periodic paperback publication.
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1. Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture.
2. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
3. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as Prime Minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt (1913-1992).
4. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
5. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
6. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
7. United States writer (1871-1900).
8. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
9. One millionth of a gram.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
12. A woman of refinement.
13. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
14. State in northeastern India.
22. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. Having a woven pattern.
30. Being nine more than ninety.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
37. 1 species.
39. Asian rat snakes.
40. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
41. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
45. Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943).
48. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
51. The act of relaying something.
52. A group of countries in special alliance.
54. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
56. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
58. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
60. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
61. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
63. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
65. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
67. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
68. Type genus of the Ranidae.
69. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
72. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
76. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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