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1. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. Lacking gonads.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. Either extremity of something that has length.
19. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
20. Being one more than two.
21. A genus of Bothidae.
23. Disposed of to a purchaser.
25. Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
27. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
29. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
30. (formal) Ordinary and not refined.
34. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
37. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
39. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
40. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
41. The capital and largest city of Japan.
44. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
49. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
51. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
53. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Great merriment.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Singing jazz.
64. Only the bowfins.
68. An accidental happening.
71. Greek mythology.
73. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
74. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
76. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
77. How long something has existed.
78. A great raja.
79. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
5. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
6. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
7. Type genus of the Anatidae.
8. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
9. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
10. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
13. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
14. A female domestic.
22. Consistent with fact or reality.
24. The basic unit of money in Romania.
26. Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck.
28. The capital and largest city of Poland.
31. City in Sudan.
32. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
33. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
35. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
36. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
38. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
43. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
45. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
48. Upright in position or posture.
50. A formal association of people with similar interests.
52. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
55. A person who gains weight.
58. Wood of a larch tree.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. 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.
63. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
65. Type genus of the Majidae.
66. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
67. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
69. A master's degree in theology.
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
75. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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