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1. The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
4. Growing on or living among rocks.
12. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. An instrument for measuring the distance between two points.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
20. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
24. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
26. The limits within which something can be effective.
29. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
32. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
35. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
40. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
45. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
46. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
54. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. Type genus of the Otariidae.
60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. An African amulet.
65. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
70. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
73. A Hindu prince or king in India.
74. Any small compartment.
76. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
77. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
78. An Anatolian language.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
4. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. Being ten more than thirty.
7. Muslim name for God.
8. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
9. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
10. Tolerant or lenient.
11. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
12. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
13. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
14. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
19. Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
27. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (in India and Burma) A member of an armed gang of robbers.
31. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
33. Of or like a cecum.
34. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
37. Jordan's port.
39. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
49. A climber of vertical rock faces.
52. Argue over petty things.
53. An informal term for a father.
55. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
58. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
59. The vein in the center of a leaf.
62. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
63. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
64. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
66. Chief port of Yemen.
67. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
68. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
69. English essayist (1775-1834).
71. A column of light (as from a beacon).
72. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
75. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
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