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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
11. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Involving only main features.
17. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. A state in the western United States.
21. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
23. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
24. An Australian boomerang.
25. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
27. Affect with wonder.
29. A sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Liquidate gradually.
39. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
40. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
42. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Information known only to a special group.
59. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
63. A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong.
64. More of the same adv.
67. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
68. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
70. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
71. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
72. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
74. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
75. A three-tone Chadic language.
76. Correction by erasing.
77. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants.
5. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
6. An inclination or desire.
7. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
8. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
9. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
12. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
13. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
14. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
20. Jordan's port.
22. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
26. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
28. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
30. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
31. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
33. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
34. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
36. Eliminate from the body.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
49. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
50. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
51. The sister of your father or mother.
52. Before noon.
55. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
56. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
57. In some classifications.
58. Come to pass.
60. Relieve from military service.
61. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
62. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago.
65. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
66. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. An informal term for a father.
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