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1. Of southern Europe.
4. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A motley assortment of things.
20. An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
25. Dwell (archaic).
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
35. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
36. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
39. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
44. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
49. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
50. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
53. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
56. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
59. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
64. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores.
73. A fabric made by knitting.
74. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
75. Assign a new order to.
77. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus.
80. The sixth month of the civil year.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. Especially one side of a leaf.
4. A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
8. (Sumerian) Sun god.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
11. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
26. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
27. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
29. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
30. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
31. God of death.
32. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
33. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
34. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
40. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
42. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
51. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
57. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
63. To come or go into.
66. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
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