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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. Ornamental objects of no great value.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Woolly aphids.
17. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
18. Term of address for a man.
19. Impaired by diminution.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Arranged like rays or radii.
24. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
28. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
38. Consisting of or made up of bone.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
48. A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk.
51. City in central Iran.
52. Of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics.
53. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
56. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
57. A variety of leaf bug.
60. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
61. (sports) Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck.
66. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
67. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
68. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
71. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
75. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
76. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
77. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
78. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
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1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
2. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
3. Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.
4. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
5. Of or relating to or involving an area.
6. Genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem.
7. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
8. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
10. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
11. A boy or man.
12. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
13. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
14. A three-tone Chadic language.
22. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
26. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
27. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
32. Make attractive or lovable.
33. (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
35. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
39. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
41. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
45. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
46. A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water).
47. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
49. United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927).
50. One thousand grams.
55. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
58. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
63. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
64. Little known Kamarupan languages.
65. Set down according to a plan.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
72. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
73. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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