1. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
5. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. A very light brown.
16. Sea catfishes.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Adopted in order to deceive.
19. Expressing much in few words.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
23. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
25. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
28. Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
31. Advance evidence for.
35. Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
39. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. 16 ounces.
45. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
47. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
49. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
50. (Japanese) A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
51. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. American Revolutionary patriot.
55. A strong emotion.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
61. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. Of or relating to a creed.
69. A woman of refinement.
72. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
76. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
77. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
78. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
79. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

1. A persistently annoying person.
2. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A boil or abscess on the gums.
5. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
6. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
7. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
8. In a nice way.
9. A farewell remark.
10. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
11. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
12. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
13. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
14. A genus of Mustelidae.
22. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
24. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
26. A woman sahib.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
30. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
32. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. Go on board.
37. Find repugnant.
38. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
41. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
42. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
43. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
46. A large fleet.
48. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels.
52. Affectedly dainty or refined.
54. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
56. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
59. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
62. A lyric poet.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. The specified day of the month.
66. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
67. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
68. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
70. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.