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1. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
4. Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989).
12. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
15. A toilet in England.
16. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
17. The month following April and preceding June.
18. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
19. A person being ordained.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979).
23. A very small circular shape.
24. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
26. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
29. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
43. State capital of New York.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
46. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
50. Mako sharks.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. Of or in or relating to the nose.
57. (botany) Especially of leaves.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
69. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. Of or containing nitrogen.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. A soft light woolen fabric.
76. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
77. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
78. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
79. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
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1. The beach at a seaside resort.
2. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
3. The state of being unsure of something.
4. A victory cheer.
5. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
6. Worn until no longer useful.
7. Serving no useful purpose.
8. An established custom.
9. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
10. Having prongs or tines.
11. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. The eighth month of the civil year.
22. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
25. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
27. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A small ring-shaped friedcake.
32. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
34. The sacred city of Lamaism.
35. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
37. Fallow deer.
38. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
39. God of death.
41. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
42. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
51. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
55. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
56. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
58. An ordered reference standard.
59. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
60. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
61. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
63. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. Of a quality, as in.
67. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
68. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
70. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
74. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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