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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades.
12. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
15. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
16. Severely simple in line or design.
17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
18. Used at the dining table.
20. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
21. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
22. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
24. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
26. A kiln for drying hops.
27. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
28. The act of arranging in a graduated series.
35. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
43. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
46. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
49. A boy or man.
50. The capital of the state of Kansas.
53. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
56. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. A propeller that rotates to push against air.
62. Inject with libidinal energy.
64. Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
68. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
69. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
72. The cry made by sheep.
73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
74. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
75. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
76. (Irish) The sea personified.
77. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
78. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
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1. Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
2. Report or maintain.
3. A Loloish language.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
6. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
7. An acronym for Emissions of Light and Very low frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic pulse Sources.
8. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
9. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. American inventor.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Very dark black.
14. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
19. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
23. A shape that sags.
25. Being four more than seventy.
29. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
30. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
31. A Greek island west of Greece.
32. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
33. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
34. Ground snakes.
36. An enclosed space.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. European shad.
44. A reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
45. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
47. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
48. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
51. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
52. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
54. A vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation.
55. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
58. Any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency.
59. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
61. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
63. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
65. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
67. A quantity that is added.
70. Black tropical American cuckoo.
71. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
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