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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. (Brit) Monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings.
12. Inquire about.
15. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
16. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (informal) Under the influence of narcotics.
20. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
28. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
32. Prevent the occurrence of.
36. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
38. Cover with drops, as with dew.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
41. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
44. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
48. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
49. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
50. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
52. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
53. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
56. Showily imitative of art or artists.
57. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
60. A state in midwestern United States.
61. A Loloish language.
63. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
69. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
70. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
72. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
73. Thin and fit.
74. Dyed with henna.
76. An unforeseen obstacle.
77. A university in Connecticut.
78. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
2. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
3. A rounded projection or protuberance.
4. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. Goddess of fate.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. Insignificantly small.
8. Toward the mouth or oral region.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. A city in northern India.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Greek mythology.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider.
25. Traveling on horseback.
27. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
29. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
30. Cause to be embarrassed.
33. A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication.
34. Organized opposition to authority.
35. Of textiles.
37. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
42. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
43. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
45. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898).
46. United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962).
51. All the animal life in a particular region.
54. Unknown god.
55. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
58. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
59. Take in a sail with a brail.
62. A vast multitude.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
66. A genus of Mustelidae.
67. (Sumerian) Sun god.
68. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
71. Black tropical American cuckoo.
75. Half the width of an em.
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