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1. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
5. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
16. Founder of Buddhism.
17. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
18. Situated at or extending to the side.
20. Fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms.
21. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
22. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
25. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.
26. Chromatic purity.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. Loose or flaccid body fat.
32. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
35. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
38. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
41. By bad luck.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. Unflinching in battle or action.
46. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
55. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A state in east central United States.
61. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. In bed.
74. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
75. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
76. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
79. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
80. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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1. Muslim name for God.
2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
3. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
4. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
7. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
8. A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
11. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high).
12. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. Cut off the testicles.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
27. The food served and eaten at one time.
30. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
31. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
33. A thin strip (wood or metal).
34. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
39. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
53. A doctor's degree in education.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. Being nine more than ninety.
64. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
66. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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