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1. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
5. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
11. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
15. Very light colored.
16. Not subjected to an aging process.
17. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
18. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
20. Used of a single unit or thing.
21. A doctor's degree in music.
22. Of or relating to or involving an area.
23. One million periods per second.
25. 1 species.
29. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
30. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
33. An engineering university in Cambridge.
37. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
39. Employed in accomplishing something.
43. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
45. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
46. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
48. American novelist (1909-1955).
49. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
51. Large American flycatcher.
53. Mites and ticks.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. Follower of Rastafarianism.
57. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
58. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
59. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
61. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
73. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
74. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
75. Used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source.
76. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
77. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
2. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
3. A lake in northwestern Russia.
4. Having a slightly undulating margin.
5. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
6. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
10. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
11. In truth (often tends to intensify).
12. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
13. A genus of Strigidae.
14. Fail to keep or to maintain.
19. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
24. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
28. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
31. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
32. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
34. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
35. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
36. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
38. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
40. Basic principles of the cosmos.
41. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
47. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
50. A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time.
52. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
62. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
63. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
64. God of love and erotic desire.
65. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
66. A Hindu prince or king in India.
67. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
68. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
71. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
72. An electrically charged particle.
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