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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture.
12. A rapid bustling commotion.
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed.
17. An accidental happening.
18. The sign language used in the United States.
19. Praise formally and eloquently.
20. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
21. The capital of Tajikistan.
23. Depending on free oxygen or air.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A cooperative unit.
30. Made a norm or custom or habit.
35. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
38. Advanced in years.
39. German composer.
42. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
43. Of or relating to or involving an area.
44. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
45. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
46. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
47. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
51. Informal terms for a meal.
53. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. (South Africa) A small hill rising up from the African veld.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
64. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
68. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
69. In a regal manner.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
75. Impart gradually.
76. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
77. A Russian river.
78. Prior to a specified or implied time.
79. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
3. A master's degree in library science.
4. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
5. Of textiles.
6. Type genus of the Soleidae.
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
9. English essayist (1775-1834).
10. Fairly large.
11. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
24. Of or related to or derived from oats.
28. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
29. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
31. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
32. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
33. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
34. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
36. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
37. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A genus of Hirundinidae.
49. Being six more than fifty.
50. Characteristic of false pride.
52. God of war.
54. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
57. A Russian river.
59. In a joyous manner.
61. On or toward the lee.
62. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
63. Moderate or restrain.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
66. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
71. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
72. An honorary law degree.
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