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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. Increase in size, volume or significance.
11. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. The basic unit of money in Romania.
16. An instrument for measuring the distance between two points.
17. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
18. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
19. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
21. Relating to bees or beekeeping.
24. An analgesic for mild pain.
26. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
27. Indicating the most important performer or role.
29. Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
35. A rapid bustling commotion.
39. French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851).
41. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
43. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
44. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
45. Presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine.
47. Having leadership guidance.
49. Being seven more than fifty.
50. Covered with beads of liquid.
51. Instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement.
55. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
56. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
57. An oil port in southern Iraq.
59. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
63. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
67. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
68. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
71. A resident of Iowa.
72. Belonging to some prior time.
73. Acutely insightful and wise.
75. The capital and largest city of Japan.
76. A condition requiring relief.
77. A festival featuring African-American culture.
78. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
3. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
4. Fruit of the oak tree.
5. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
6. Appeal or request earnestly.
7. A category in some early taxonomies.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
9. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
10. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
11. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
12. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
13. Forced to turn and face attackers.
14. (prefix) Within.
20. Divided into two lobes.
22. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
23. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
25. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
28. Derived by copying something else.
30. A blind god.
33. Italian sculptor (1500-1571).
34. A small growth of trees without underbrush.
36. Australian clover fern.
37. Overgrown with ivy.
38. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
40. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
42. Wild llama.
46. Lower in esteem.
48. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
52. Especially spread in a fan shape.
53. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
54. A port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world.
58. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
60. Something causes misery or death.
61. The quantity a cask will hold.
62. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
64. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
65. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
66. A rounded projection or protuberance.
69. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
70. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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