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1. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
4. Severely simple in line or design.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
15. The momentary present.
16. Increase in extent or intensity.
17. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. Type genus of the Nepidae.
22. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
25. A sudden short attack.
26. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
28. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
32. Flesh of large European flatfish.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Complacently or inanely foolish.
38. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
43. In the process of being born or beginning.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
49. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
50. Of or relating to tension.
52. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
53. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
55. Half the width of an em.
56. The cry made by sheep.
57. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
69. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
71. Basic principles of the cosmos.
73. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
74. The side or slope of a hill.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
78. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
79. A doctor's degree in theology.
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1. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
2. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
3. A Hindu religious teacher.
4. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. A flowering shrub.
8. Or family Polypodiaceae.
9. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A Mid-Atlantic state.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
21. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
23. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
24. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
29. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
30. Draw in by breathing.
31. Put (things or places) in order.
33. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
34. The address where a person lives.
35. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
41. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
42. American novelist (1909-1955).
44. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows.
51. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
54. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
58. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
60. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
61. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
62. A Loloish language.
63. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
64. The probability of a specified outcome.
66. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
67. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
70. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
72. Made warm or hot.
75. That is to say.
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