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1. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
5. Shape anew or differently.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. Type genus of the Apidae.
16. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
19. Become or cause to become obstructed.
20. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites.
34. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
38. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
39. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
42. The delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee.
46. A transuranic element.
47. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
48. Extremely dirty and corrupt.
49. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
52. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
53. The emotion of hate.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. Make a prediction about.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
75. An associate degree in applied science.
76. Being one more than six.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
79. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
80. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
81. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
3. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
5. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
6. Submerged freshwater perennials.
7. A Spanish title of respect for a married woman.
8. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
9. On or toward the lee.
10. The foot of a human being.
11. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Wood of a sumac.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
27. A line of approach.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The state of being unsure of something.
33. German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896).
35. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
36. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
37. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
40. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
41. Of or relating to or involving an area.
43. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
44. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
45. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A genus of Ploceidae.
56. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
57. A state in midwestern United States.
59. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
60. Expressing deep personal emotion.
62. A sudden short attack.
63. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
64. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
65. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
66. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
68. Type genus of the Ranidae.
69. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
70. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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