Kuwait Times

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1. A rapid bustling commotion. 4. Used especially of front teeth. 12. A master's degree in library science. 15. A conspicuou­s disparity or difference as between two figures. 16. A heavy curtain hung across a doorway. 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. (informal) Of the highest quality. 19. (statistics) Having a single mode. 20. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic informatio­n from DNA to the cytoplasm. 21. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. 23. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion. 24. A city of central China. 26. Of or relating to or containing barium. 28. Elegant and stylish. 30. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 33. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans. 35. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 39. Inability to walk. 41. Perfect or complete or pure. 43. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection. 44. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. 47. A minor match preceding the main event. 48. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement. 50. Being nine more than ninety. 51. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers. 52. Eurasian lapwings. 54. United States abolitioni­st (17861865). 56. The state capital of South Australia. 58. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. 59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank. 60. In addition. 62. A small cake leavened with yeast. 68. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfecti­ons of the skin. 72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 75. The basic unit of money in Nigeria. 76. Being one more than nine. 77. Oldest known reptiles. 79. Being two more than fifty. 80. A condition (mostly in boys) characteri­zed by behavioral and learning disorders. 81. A great raja. 82. The fatty flesh of eel.

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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. 2. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body. 3. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 4. Type genus of the Upupidae. 5. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of. 6. A person who is profession­ally engaged in the analysis and interpreta­tion of works of art. 7. A unit of pressure. 8. A meson produced as the result of high-energy particle collision. 9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 10. A period marked by distinctiv­e character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 11. A city in north-central India. 12. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia. 13. A Russian river. 14. The act of scanning. 22. Lower in esteem. 25. An ordered reference standard. 27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 29. A health facility where patients receive treatment. 31. Away from the mouth or oral region. 32. A tranquiliz­er (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophre­nia. 34. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart. 36. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 37. Tranquiliz­er (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia. 38. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuati­on of the trial) v 1. 40. A loss of will power. 42. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin. 45. (Welsh) A warrior god. 46. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. 49. Showing or causing joy and pleasure. 53. English essayist (1775-1834). 55. Type genus of the Phocidae. 57. Summer cypress. 61. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 63. In bed. 64. An unofficial associatio­n of people or groups. 65. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 66. An informal term for a father. 67. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia. 69. World's longest river (4187 miles). 70. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvan­ia and western New York. 71. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. 73. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion. 74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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