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1. Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base.
4. The seed of the chickpea plant.
12. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
15. Semiformal evening dress for men.
16. Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
20. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
21. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
22. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
23. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
25. Used of a single unit or thing.
27. A city in north central Nigeria.
28. A candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall.
32. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
36. The production of young from an egg.
39. A genus of European owls.
40. A Russian river.
43. An informal term for a father.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Exaggerate one's acting.
50. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
52. Lacking strength or vigor.
53. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
56. An associate degree in nursing.
57. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
60. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
67. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
71. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
72. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
73. Medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark.
75. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
76. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
77. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
2. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
3. Being two more than twenty.
4. Press or grind with a crunching noise.
5. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
6. Not out.
7. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
8. A festival featuring African-American culture.
9. Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC).
10. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
11. How long something has existed.
12. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
13. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
19. Whiten with Blanco.
24. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
30. Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
34. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
35. The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
37. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
38. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
41. A native-born Israeli.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. The month following April and preceding June.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
51. A fraudulent business scheme.
54. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
55. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
58. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
59. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
61. Material used to daub walls.
62. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
63. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
64. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
68. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
70. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
74. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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