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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
12. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
16. Wildly disordered.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953).
20. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
21. Black tropical American cuckoo.
22. The emotion of hate.
23. Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe.
25. North American bluebirds.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
30. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
33. Webbing clothes moths.
37. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
39. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
41. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
42. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
49. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
51. Combining form.
54. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
55. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
56. Half the width of an em.
57. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
58. Avatar of Vishnu.
62. A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
66. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
68. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
69. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
71. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
74. The cry made by sheep.
75. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
76. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
77. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
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1. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A slow pace of running.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
8. Noisy talk.
9. A proportion multiplied by 100.
10. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
11. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
14. An elaborate song for solo voice.
19. To go back over again, as of a route or steps.
24. Being one more than two.
26. Make amendments to.
28. Pertaining to or near the sun.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
31. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
35. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
36. Not in a state of sleep.
38. The act of ceding.
40. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
44. A shop where loans are made with personal property as security.
45. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
48. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
50. The capital and largest city of France.
52. Noisy quarrel.
53. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
59. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
60. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
61. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
63. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
64. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
65. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
67. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
70. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
72. Informal terms for a mother.
73. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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