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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. A variety of mandarin orange.
12. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
15. The goddess of the moon.
16. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
17. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
18. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
21. A castrated tomcat.
22. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
24. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
33. A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.
34. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
35. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
40. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
42. A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days.
45. Largest known toad species.
46. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
49. At full speed.
50. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
52. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
54. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
55. Squash bugs.
57. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
59. Relating to or having or lying within a scrotum.
61. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
65. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
66. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
70. A large fleet.
71. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
73. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
74. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
78. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
79. Windowpane oysters.
80. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
3. Reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
9. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
10. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
11. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
12. (in ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
13. A city in central New York.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
23. A quantity of no importance.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
28. Brewed by forcing steam through powdered coffee beans.
31. Irish abbess.
32. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
36. An account describing incidents or events.
37. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
38. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
39. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
41. Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. Preserve a dead body.
47. By bad luck.
48. Pearl oysters.
51. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
53. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
56. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
58. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
60. Jordan's port.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
64. An inhabitant of Lappland.
67. The female reproductive cell.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
72. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
76. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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