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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. Distinguish oneself.
12. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
15. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
16. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S..
17. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
18. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
19. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
21. (music) Composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
26. A great raja.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
33. Lower in esteem.
37. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
43. Covered with paving material.
45. A sudden short attack.
47. An artificial source of visible illumination.
48. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
52. Located in or toward the back or rear.
53. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
54. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
55. A doctor's degree in religion.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
66. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
68. An informal term for a father.
70. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
74. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
77. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
78. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
79. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
80. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
81. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
82. Heat beforehand.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
2. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
3. Made of fir or pine.
4. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
5. Leave immediately.
6. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
7. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
8. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
9. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
10. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
11. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
12. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
25. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
27. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
28. The unit of plane angle adopted under the System International d'Unites.
30. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
31. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
34. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
35. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur.
36. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
41. A bachelor's degree in religion.
44. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
46. Chief port of Yemen.
50. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
51. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
57. Leave a camp.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
61. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
63. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
64. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
65. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
67. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
69. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
72. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
75. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
76. Take in solid food.
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