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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. (biology) Permanently attached to a substrate.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
20. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
23. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
30. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
34. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A native-born Israeli.
44. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
49. Having a long narrow cut.
50. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
51. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Give over.
56. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
58. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
60. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
64. A lake in northwestern Russia.
65. Large in quantity or volume.
67. Russian country house.
68. Deeply moved.
71. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
72. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
76. The habitation of wild animals.
77. Capital of Namibia in the center of the country.
78. The month following April and preceding June.
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1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
2. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
3. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
4. In societies practicing shamanism.
5. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
9. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
10. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
26. Away from the mouth or oral region.
28. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
32. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
33. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Obvious and dull.
37. A bachelor's degree in science.
40. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
43. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
45. A dark purplish red.
46. Wood of a pecan tree.
47. Small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania.
48. Chief port of Yemen.
54. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
55. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
57. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
59. Fill with high spirits.
61. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
62. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
63. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
66. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
69. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
70. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
73. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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