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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. A device that controls amount of light admitted.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15.The quality of a color as determined by its
dominant wavelength. 16.Thorny Eurasian shrubs.
17. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition. 18.Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
20. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
21. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
22. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924). 23.The district occupied entirely by the city
of Washington.
24. Having a slippery surface or quality.
26. Goddess of love and fecundity.
28. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
29. A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
33. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body.
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
39. Any plant of the genus Inula.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
43. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
44. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
45. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
47. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
51. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
53. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
55.The federal department responsible for
safeguarding national security.
56. Of or relating to or involving an area.
58. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (15951617).
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. A populous province in northeastern China.
67. Advanced in years.
68. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
70.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71.West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
73. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
79. A bin for holding coal.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
2. Of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century.
3. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
4.The month following March and preceding
May.
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
8. A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river.
9. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
10. A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form.
11. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
12. An instinctive motive.
13. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion. 14.Turned or twisted toward one side.
19. An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles.
25. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
27. Wish harm upon.
30. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.
31. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
32.The fleshy part of the human body that
you sit on.
34. Squash bugs.
35.The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. Long and light rowing boat.
38. Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck.
42.The financial gain (earned or unearned)
accruing over a given period of time.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion.
49. Jordan's port.
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
52. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
54.The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
57. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
59. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
64. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
69. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
72. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
75. Conforming to truth.
76. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.