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1. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
5. (botany) Having or relating to spikes.
12. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
15. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
16. Any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
17. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
19. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
20. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
21. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
22. Located inward.
24. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
26. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
29. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
34. A bachelor's degree in theology.
36. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
40. (Old Testament) First king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC).
41. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Having a circular shape.
45. A doctor's degree in education.
46. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).
49. Suitable for use as food.
51. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
54. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
58. Jordan's port.
61. Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
64. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation.
72. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
74. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
75. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
76. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
77. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
78. (British) Your grandmother.
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1. The probability of a specified outcome.
2. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
3. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
4. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases.
5. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
6. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
7. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
8. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. Being one more than nine.
11. Related on the mother's side.
12. Being divided or separated.
13. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
14. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
23. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
25. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
27. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
28. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
31. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
35. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
37. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. Displaying a red color.
39. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
44. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
47. Colloquial British abbreviation.
48. An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
56. Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat.
57. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
59. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
60. English monk and scholar (672-735).
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. Trace the shape of.
65. A primeval personification of air and breath.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
70. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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