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1. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
5. United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
12. An honorary degree in science.
15. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
16. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
17. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
18. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
19. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
20. Type genus of the Phocidae.
22. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
24. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
25. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
26. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
29. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
31. A golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers).
35. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
38. That is to say.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A resource.
44. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
47. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
48. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
50. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
51. The regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale.
53. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles.
55. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).
58. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
60. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
62. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
70. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
73. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
74. The basic unit of money on Malta.
76. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
77. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
78. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
2. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
3. An active and efficient cause.
4. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
5. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Capable of being tamed.
8. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
9. The unit of frequency.
10. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
11. Scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
12. Wearing footgear.
13. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
14. Made of fir or pine.
21. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
23. Squash bugs.
28. Of southern Europe.
30. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
32. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
33. Related on the mother's side.
34. Heat again.
36. Lower in esteem.
37. The sacred city of Lamaism.
39. Any location known for vice and corruption.
42. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. Discharge of pus.
52. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
54. The basic unit of money in China.
59. State in northeastern India.
61. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
63. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. The template for protein synthesis.
66. Noisy talk.
67. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. An informal term for a father.
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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