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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Resembling the shape of a cup.
11. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
17. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
18. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.
20. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
22. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
23. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
24. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. A region in central Italy.
33. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
35. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. An artificial source of visible illumination.
40. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. (Christianity) Saved from the bondage of sin.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Affected manners intended to impress others.
57. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
60. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
61. A desert in southern Israel.
64. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
68. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
70. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
71. Rate of revolution of a motor.
72. Arranged or displayed systematically in table form.
75. A human female who does housework.
76. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
77. Having or showing profound knowledge.
78. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
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1. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
2. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
3. A humorous anecdote or remark.
4. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
5. Not open.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
8. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
9. Related by blood.
10. One celestial body obscures another v 1.
11. A son who has the same first name as his father.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Any admirable quality or attribute.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
21. Marked by the reception of pay.
25. (trademark) An antacid.
27. The act of catching an object with the hands.
28. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
31. The ending of a series or sequence.
32. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
34. Of or concerning Qatar.
38. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
39. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
41. Someone whose business is advertising.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
46. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
47. Used especially of lower plants.
49. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
50. Of a leaf shape.
51. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
55. Water frozen in the solid state.
56. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
58. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
59. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
62. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
63. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
65. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
66. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
67. Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
69. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
73. Being one more than fifty.
74. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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