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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
12. British informal term.
15. Being two more than fifty.
16. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
17. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
18. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
20. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
21. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
23. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
26. The act of spending or disbursing money.
28. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
30. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
31. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
32. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
37. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
44. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
46. Soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946).
47. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
48. Being nine more than ninety.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
63. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
65. Employed in accomplishing something.
66. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
67. 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).
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
74. A decree that prohibits something.
75. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
76. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A group of countries in special alliance.
2. A city in Tuscany.
3. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
4. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
7. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
8. A period of time spent sleeping.
9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
12. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
13. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
14. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
19. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. A historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island.
25. Ground snakes.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. Arousing or provoking laughter.
33. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
34. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
35. A town in north central Oklahoma.
36. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
38. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
39. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
40. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
41. A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
42. Submersible vessel for one or two persons.
43. Half the width of an em.
45. Wool of the alpaca.
52. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
53. A large strong and aggressive woman.
54. A number to which another number (the addend) is added.
55. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
57. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
68. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
71. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
72. A state in midwestern United States.
73. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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