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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. Capable of being scaled.
12. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
19. Sail closer to the wind than.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. Consisting of the musk-ox.
23. A small amount of residue.
25. Pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum.
27. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
28. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
30. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
34. The square of a body of any size of type.
35. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
37. Used of a single unit or thing.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
52. (British) First-rate.
54. Used of mouth or eyes.
55. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
57. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
59. A Mid-Atlantic state.
60. A sudden rapid flow (as of water).
61. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
65. Australasian kingfishers.
69. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
70. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
71. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
73. A decree that prohibits something.
74. An enclosed space.
75. The wife or widow of a czar.
76. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
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1. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. An island in the south Pacific.
4. The quantity a scoop will hold.
5. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
8. Little known Kamarupan languages.
9. Soft creamy white cheese.
10. Pasta in long slender flat strips.
11. Take in solid food.
12. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
13. Impairment resulting from long use.
14. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
22. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
24. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. A print made from a linocut.
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
31. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
32. (usually followed by `to') Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how.
33. Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
40. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
42. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
46. A battle in World War I (May 1918).
47. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
49. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
50. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
51. A radical labor movement in the United States founded in nd dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
56. City in Sudan.
58. United States playwright (born in 1947).
62. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
63. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
64. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
66. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
67. (Irish) The sea personified.
68. Black tropical American cuckoo.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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