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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers.
17. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
25. A state in New England.
29. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
32. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
35. A medieval steel helmet.
37. One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.
39. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
40. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
42. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
43. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
44. Being one more than ninety.
45. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
48. Type genus of the Ranidae.
50. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
52. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
53. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
54. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
64. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
72. (informal) Of the highest quality.
75. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
76. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
77. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
78. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
5. Have a reunion.
6. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
7. Make less active or intense.
8. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
9. One or some or every or all without specification.
10. Type genus of the Xiphiidae.
11. Take in solid food.
12. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
13. 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.
14. A three-tone Chadic language.
22. At full speed.
24. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
26. An addition that extends a main building.
27. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
28. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
30. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
31. A city of central China.
33. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
34. Of or relating to a creed.
36. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
38. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. A dark purplish red.
49. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
51. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. The basic unit of money in Panama.
57. A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
58. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
59. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
60. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. One who works hard at boring tasks.
65. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
66. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
67. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
70. The month following March and preceding May.
73. A person forced to flee from home or country.
74. An associate degree in nursing.
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