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1. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
5. Apoapsis in orbit around the moon.
12. Give a nickname to.
15. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
16. Of or relating to boron.
17. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
18. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
19. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
20. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
22. Sour or bitter in taste.
24. Make a plat of.
25. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
28. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
30. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
34. Any organic compound containing two amino groups.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
40. The act of scanning.
41. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. One million periods per second.
47. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
51. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
52. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
54. By bad luck.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
58. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
76. A bachelor's degree in theology.
77. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
78. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
79. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
80. Lacking a cutting edge.
81. Term of address for a man.
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1. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
4. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
7. Using speech rather than writing.
8. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
9. Characterized by unity.
10. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
11. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
12. Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221).
13. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
14. (informal) Very tired.
21. American Revolutionary patriot.
23. Top part of an apron.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
31. Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people.
32. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
36. Convert ordinary language into code.
39. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
42. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
43. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
49. The sacred city of Lamaism.
50. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
53. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
55. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
59. Disposed to avoid notice.
60. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
65. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
66. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
68. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
69. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
70. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
72. Misery resulting from affliction.
73. A periodic paperback publication.
74. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
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