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1. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
4. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
11. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
15. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
16. Be a mystery or bewildering to.
17. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
18. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
20. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
23. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
26. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
27. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
28. Made of fir or pine.
29. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
32. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
37. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
43. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
47. By bad luck.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
51. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain without harming the digestive tract.
56. A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
57. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
65. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
69. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
70. Supreme Teutonic god.
72. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
73. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
74. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
76. The longest division of geological time.
77. Being in a tense state.
78. The father of your father or mother.
79. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
3. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
4. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Serving as an essential component.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
10. Expel air.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
13. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
21. The eighth month of the civil year.
24. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
25. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
30. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
31. A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people).
33. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
34. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
35. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
36. Indigo bush.
40. A severe recurring vascular headache.
41. Lacking excess flesh.
42. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
44. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
46. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
48. Hidden from general view or use.
53. God of wealth and love.
54. Showing courage.
55. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. Having the head uncovered.
59. A kind of pain.
62. A blind god.
63. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
64. A town in north central Oklahoma.
66. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
67. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
68. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
71. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
75. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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