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1. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
5. Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
12. Liveliness and energy.
15. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
16. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. The eighth month of the civil year.
19. Light in a transparent protective case.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
21. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
23. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
25. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
26. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
28. A heathen (especially a Muslim).
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Less than human or not worthy of a human being.
37. A person who eats human flesh.
41. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. Softly bright or radiant.
45. Affected manners intended to impress others.
46. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
47. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. An informal term for a father.
55. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
58. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
59. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
63. A genus of ducks.
66. A district of Manhattan.
67. The bill in a restaurant.
68. Render capable or able for some task.
71. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
72. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
73. Reduce to lay status.
75. An enclosed armored military vehicle.
76. A column of light (as from a beacon).
77. The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade).
78. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
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1. Anchovy pear tree.
2. English writer on games (1672-1769).
3. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
4. National capital of Kiribati.
5. The second wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Elizabeth I.
6. By bad luck.
7. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
8. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
9. A particular environment or walk of life.
10. Term of address for a man.
11. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
12. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
13. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
14. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
22. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
24. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
27. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
31. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
32. Squash bugs.
34. South African term for `boss'.
36. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
38. To protect clothing.
39. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
40. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
44. A quantity of no importance.
48. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
51. Socialist who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895).
52. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
54. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
56. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
57. Full of trivial conversation.
60. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
61. Power to control.
62. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
64. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
65. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
69. Being two more than fifty.
70. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
74. Half the width of an em.
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