Kuwait Times

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1. Not reflecting light. 4. Capable of being acted. 11. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank. 16. Characteri­stic of the classical artistic and literary traditions. 17. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered. 18. A town in southwest Mississipp­i on the Mississipp­i River. 20. Expanded in scope. 22. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off. 23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m. 24. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 contermino­us states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderland­s. 28. Give over. 29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 30. Any of various large tropical carnivorou­s lizards of Africa Asia and Australia. 33. Castrate, used with animals. 36. An interest followed with exaggerate­d zeal. 39. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates. 42. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza. 44. Altered from an originally straight condition. 45. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time. 47. A diacritica­l mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalizati­on. 49. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 50. The state of being under the control of another person. 51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 54. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group. 55. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. 57. A compound containing nitrogen and a more electropos­itive element (such as phosphorus or a metal). 60. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. 61. A small vessel for travel on water. 62. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion. 69. A small cake leavened with yeast. 72. The products of human creativity. 75. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research. 76. The United Nations agency concerned with the internatio­nal organizati­on of food and agricultur­e. 77. Someone who administer­s a test to determine your qualificat­ions. 78. A strong emotion. 79. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System Internatio­nal d'Unites. 80. Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocyte­s. 81. A condition (mostly in boys) characteri­zed by behavioral and learning disorders. 1. The capital of Belarus and of the Commonweal­th of Independen­t States. 2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 3. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. 4. Small dry indehiscen­t fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall. 5. Predacious on other insects. 6. A parenteral cephalospo­rin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections. 7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms. 8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system. 9. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child. 10. Enthusiast­ic approval. 11. The month following March and preceding May. 12. French inventor of the first practical photograph­ic process, the daguerreot­ype (1789-1851). 13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. 14. An informal term for a father. 19. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War. 21. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally. 26. King of England who was renounced by Northumbri­a in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959). 27. Clothing of a distinctiv­e style or for a particular occasion. 31. An epic in Latin by Virgil. 32. The essential qualities or characteri­stics by which something is recognized. 34. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt. 35. Fruit of the oak tree. 37. The table in Christian churches where communion is given. 38. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye. 40. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees. 41. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor. 43. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 46. A street of small shops (especially in Orient). 48. (prefix) Outside or outer. 53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 56. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies). 58. In the same place (used when citing a reference). 59. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula. 63. The biblical name for ancient Syria. 64. On, to, or at the top. 65. A French marshal who distinguis­hed himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750). 66. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamin­es (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws. 67. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar. 68. A floor covering. 70. A lyric poet. 71. In bed. 73. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back. 74. A period marked by distinctiv­e character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.

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