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1. An enclosed space.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of opera.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. A naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827).
17. Water frozen in the solid state.
18. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
19. An alloy of gold and silver.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
23. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985).
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
29. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
30. Relating to or accompanying birth.
34. United States playwright (born in 1947).
38. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
41. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
42. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
43. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
48. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
50. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A port city in southwestern Iran.
56. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
59. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
60. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
61. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
63. (informal) Of the highest quality.
67. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
68. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
72. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
76. The unit of frequency.
77. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
78. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
2. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
3. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
4. Used of a single unit or thing.
5. A large and stately mansion.
6. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal.
7. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
8. The products of human creativity.
9. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria.
10. cause to accept or become hardened to.
11. A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids.
12. A city of central China.
13. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
14. Suggestive of the supernatural.
22. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
25. Squash bugs.
28. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
31. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
32. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
33. Decrease in size, extent, or range.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A female domestic.
37. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
39. The content of cognition.
40. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
44. Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
45. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
46. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
49. A French abbot.
51. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
53. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. (nautical) Of an anchor.
58. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
62. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
64. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
65. Being or moving lower in position or less in some value.
66. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
69. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
74. Being one more than one.
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