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1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
5. Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market.
12. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
15. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
16. An orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes.
17. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
18. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
19. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
20. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
21. Pertaining to a simple method of cell division.
23. Affect with wonder.
25. Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
28. An associate degree in applied science.
32. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
42. A socially awkward or tactless act.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. Half the width of an em.
47. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
49. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
51. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574).
55. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
56. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
58. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
62. The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.
66. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
69. A master's degree in business.
70. An enclosed space.
71. Durable fragrant wood.
73. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
74. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
75. A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
2. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
3. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
4. A relatively flat highland.
5. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
6. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
9. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
10. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
11. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
12. Free from dirt or impurities.
13. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
14. A slender double-reed instrument.
22. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
24. Used of men.
26. A three-year law degree.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
31. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
33. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
35. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
39. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
40. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
41. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
43. Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis.
44. Not only so, but.
48. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
50. South African term for `boss'.
52. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
53. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
54. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
57. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
59. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
64. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
65. Gather, as of as crops.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
72. 1/10 gram.
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