Crossword Puzzle Number 5278 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
5. Resembling tan.
12. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
15. Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.
16. Disposed to please.
17. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
18. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
20. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria.
21. An associate degree in applied science.
22. Great coolness and composure under strain.
23. Having a capacity for adaptation.
25. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
27. Necessary for relief or supply.
28. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
32. A period of time spent sleeping.
33. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
35. Avatar of Vishnu.
39. The act of emitting.
43. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
44. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. Characteristic of false pride.
52. The force of workers available.
53. In operation or operational.
54. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
55. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
59. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
61. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. Consider as ideal.
67. An advanced law degree.
68. Tending to speak irritably.
71. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
72. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
73. (computer science) A secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu.
75. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Roman misspelling for Odysseus.
78. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.

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1. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
2. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
3. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
4. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
5. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
6. Before noon.
7. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
10. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
11. A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
12. A cloth having a crisscross design.
13. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).
14. Treated with some kind of application.
19. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
24. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
26. Make less visible or unclear.
29. An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.
30. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
31. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
34. Black tropical American cuckoo.
36. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
37. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
38. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
40. Made afraid.
41. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
42. A decree that prohibits something.
45. A genus of Portunidae.
48. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
50. Capable of relieving pain.
51. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
56. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
57. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
58. Declare invalid.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Divulge information or secrets.
64. The content of cognition.
65. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
66. (Greek mythology) God of love.
69. Make amends for.
70. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
74. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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