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1. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
5. Not dense.
11. A doctor's degree in music.
15. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
16. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
19. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
21. The vein in the center of a leaf.
22. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
24. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
25. Chief port of Yemen.
27. Flat tableland with steep edges.
30. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
33. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine.
36. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. The quantity contained in a keg.
42. A defendant in a criminal proceeding.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
48. (British) Liable to payment of rates or taxes.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
53. Argentinian cariama.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
60. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
61. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
64. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
65. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
68. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
72. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
73. An enclosed space.
74. In an urbane manner.
75. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
3. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
4. The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
5. A thrusting blow with a knife.
6. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
7. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
8. Of wines, fruit, cheeses.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
13. The act of scanning.
14. An informal term for a father.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Before noon.
26. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
28. Being the exact same one.
29. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
31. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
32. Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts.
34. Any competition.
35. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
40. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
41. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
43. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
44. An unforeseen obstacle.
45. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars.
49. Resembling a berry.
51. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
52. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
54. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
55. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
58. Chick-pea plant.
59. Informal terms for a mother.
62. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
63. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
69. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
70. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
71. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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