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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.
12. Wild and domestic cattle.
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
16. Sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching).
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. A fabric made by knitting.
21. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
23. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
24. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
25. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
26. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
30. Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease).
33. Kauri pine.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
41. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. Having leadership guidance.
45. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
47. A Brazilian river.
48. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
50. The habitation of wild animals.
51. First in order of birth.
53. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
57. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
59. Covered with paving material.
63. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
67. Great in vertical dimension.
68. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
71. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
72. World's longest river (4187 miles).
73. Sound of tooting softly and repeatedly as on a flute.
75. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
76. By bad luck.
77. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
78. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
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1. An indistinct shapeless form.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. A state in northwestern North America.
5. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
6. Fertilizer made of ground bones.
7. Possessing life.
8. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
11. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
12. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
19. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
22. Severely simple.
27. A state in New England.
28. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
29. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
31. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
32. A ribbon used as a decoration.
34. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
35. A river in southeastern France.
36. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
39. Read anew.
40. A doctor's degree in optometry.
44. Leave voluntarily.
46. (India) Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society.
49. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. Imperial moths.
54. A Mid-Atlantic state.
55. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
56. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
58. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
60. Laborer who works in a mine.
61. Jordan's port.
62. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
64. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
65. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
66. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
69. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
70. A unit of pressure.
74. Half the width of an em.
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