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1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
4. The academic world.
12. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
15. Rate of revolution of a motor.
16. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
23. Inability to urinate.
26. (biology) Having no hair or similar growth.
28. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
44. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. Any plant of the genus Erica.
50. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
60. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
62. Follower of Rastafarianism.
66. French novelist.
72. Oil palms.
74. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
75. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
76. Organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell that is composed of ribonucleic acid.
78. (British) Informal term for information.
79. Something that remunerates.
80. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
81. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. Goddess of the heavens and married love.
2. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
3. The ending of a series or sequence.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. French composer who is said to have created impressionism in music (1862-1918).
8. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
10. Adorned by inlays.
11. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
14. God of death.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Indicating the most important performer or role.
33. An outstanding example of its kind.
35. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
36. Jordan's port.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
39. Dwell (archaic).
41. Again but in a new or different way.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. God of the Underworld.
49. Avatar of Vishnu.
52. Affect with wonder.
54. Singing jazz.
56. The sound of an alarm (usually a bell).
57. The eleventh month of the civil year.
59. Set in advance.
61. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
63. A surface burn.
64. Of a tire.
65. Make amendments to.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Made of or resembling lace.
69. A city in Tuscany.
70. A slender double-reed instrument.
71. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
73. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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