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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Relating to abdominal delivery.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Skeleton shrimp.
17. How long something has existed.
18. The site of an archeological exploration.
19. A climber of vertical rock faces.
20. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment.
36. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
45. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
50. A heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die.
52. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
53. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. Greenish-yellow pear.
59. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
60. Singing jazz.
63. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
65. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
68. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
71. A shape that spreads outward.
72. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
73. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
78. English monk and scholar (672-735).
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1. The probability of a specified outcome.
2. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
3. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
4. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
5. Made of earth (or baked clay).
6. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
7. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
8. Be resplendent or radiant.
9. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. (British) Your grandmother.
12. A motley assortment of things.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. A notable achievement.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. Away from the mouth or oral region.
27. A licensed medical practitioner.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
33. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
35. Pitching dangerously to one side.
37. An expression of greeting.
38. Type genus of the Amiidae.
41. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
43. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
46. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
47. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
48. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
49. Having been introduced to something new.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
56. 1 species.
58. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
61. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
62. An elaborate song for solo voice.
64. Lacking excess flesh.
66. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
67. A three-tone Chadic language.
69. A trivial lie.
70. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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