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1. Slightly wet.
5. Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.
12. Be obliged to pay or repay.
15. The content of cognition.
16. The father of your father or mother.
17. (informal) Roused to anger.
18. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
19. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
23. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
24. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
26. Align anew or better.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
39. Out of bed.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. God of death.
45. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
54. Any of several small auks of north Pacific coasts.
57. Capable of making an error.
59. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
63. Annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America.
67. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')).
73. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
74. An advanced law degree.
75. In some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae.
76. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
77. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
78. The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship.
79. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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1. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
2. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
3. Transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.
4. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
5. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
6. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
7. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
8. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
9. An important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail.
10. Not dense.
11. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
22. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
25. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. Music composed for dancing the pavane.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
32. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
34. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
35. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
37. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
38. A rapid bustling commotion.
40. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
42. (botany) Of some seeds.
46. Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being.
47. Offering fun and gaiety.
50. Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged).
51. A son who has the same first name as his father.
52. Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America.
53. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
55. Half the width of an em.
56. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. Spread or diffuse through.
60. A genus of Lamnidae.
61. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
62. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
64. Look at with amorous intentions.
65. Avatar of Vishnu.
66. An informal term for a father.
70. A strong emotion.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
72. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
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