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1. A member of a formerly tribal people in south central India.
5. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. At any time.
16. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms.
20. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
24. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
26. Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976).
28. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
32. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
33. A native of ancient Troy.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
42. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
51. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
55. First in order of importance.
57. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
62. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
66. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
72. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
75. A master's degree in business.
76. The sign language used in the United States.
77. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
79. A decree that prohibits something.
80. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
81. Difficult or labored respiration.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
2. Rounded like an egg.
3. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
4. Shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage.
5. Be in accord.
6. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
7. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
10. An encroachment or intrusion.
11. How long something has existed.
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. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
23. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
25. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
27. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
29. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
31. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. An arc-shaped whitish deposit sometimes seen in the cornea.
36. Verbal abuse.
38. An enclosed space.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. By bad luck.
49. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. The act of scanning.
56. (of games) Engaged in.
59. Lower in esteem.
63. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. One thousand grams.
68. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
69. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
70. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
71. A quantity of no importance.
73. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
74. The habitation of wild animals.
78. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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