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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. To consider or examine in speech or writing.
11. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
15. An accidental happening.
16. With no protection or shield.
17. Using speech rather than writing.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
24. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
25. A severe or trying experience.
27. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
28. Relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot.
34. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
35. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
39. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
42. God of wealth and love.
45. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
48. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
52. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
55. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
56. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
57. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
61. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
66. A domain in which something is dominant.
69. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
70. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
71. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
74. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
75. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
76. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Move away from a place into another direction.
5. Being nine more than thirty.
6. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
7. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
8. The act of using.
9. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
10. A state in north central United States.
11. Wet through and through.
12. German hero.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. By bad luck.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. An argument opposed to a proposal.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950).
30. The capital of Eritrea.
31. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
32. United States writer (1871-1900).
33. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
36. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
37. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
38. A master's degree in library science.
40. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
41. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
43. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
44. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
51. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
53. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
54. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
58. Jordan's port.
59. A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion).
60. More than enough in size or scope or capacity.
62. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
63. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
64. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
65. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
67. A person's brother or sister.
68. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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