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1. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
4. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
12. Select as an alternative.
15. Being one more than two.
16. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
23. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
24. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
26. Having a woven pattern.
29. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
34. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
38. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
39. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
42. A master's degree in theology.
44. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
46. Not in.
47. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
52. A source of danger.
54. The capital and largest city of Iran.
56. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
59. A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia.
61. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
63. Of or relating to the Quechua people or their language.
67. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
68. The fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar.
71. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
72. Late time of life.
74. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
75. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
76. Used especially of lower plants.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
2. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
3. (anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.
4. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Being five more than one hundred.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
9. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
10. In an exposed manner.
11. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Type genus of the Pipidae.
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
25. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
27. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
28. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. An exertion of force.
32. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
33. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State.
35. Pale gray.
36. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
37. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. A soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs.
45. A person who laughs nervously.
48. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
49. Not easy.
50. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
51. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
53. An uproarious party.
55. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
57. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
58. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
60. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
62. The 4th planet from the sun.
64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. A quantity of no importance.
69. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
70. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
73. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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