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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
12. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
15. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
16. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. (of persons) Freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject.
20. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
21. Having only superficial plausibility.
22. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
27. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
30. Used in an attack.
36. Payment or reward (esp from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military.
38. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
40. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
42. Not in good physical or mental health.
43. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Any expected deliverer.
50. A genus of Paridae.
52. An indistinct shapeless form.
55. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
56. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
60. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
70. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
71. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
72. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
76. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
77. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
78. Either extremity of something that has length.
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1. Establish the validity of something.
2. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
3. A notable achievement.
4. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
5. Economic independence as a national policy.
6. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test.
7. Any plant of the genus Lupin.
8. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
9. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
10. United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955).
11. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
12. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
19. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
24. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
26. Offering fun and gaiety.
28. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
31. Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts.
32. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin.
33. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
34. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
35. A deep bow.
37. A cgs unit of work or energy.
39. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
41. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
45. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
46. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
48. Leave immediately.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
53. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
54. An old Scottish coin of little value.
57. Capable of being corrupted.
58. Dwell (archaic).
59. Cause to be embarrassed.
61. Desire strongly or persistently.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Very dark black.
67. Advanced in years.
69. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
73. An informal term for a father.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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