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1. A master's degree in library science.
4. Raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip.
12. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Cut off from a whole.
16. A fishing line managed principally by hand.
17. Used of a single unit or thing.
18. Of or containing iridium.
20. Tasting sour like a lemon.
21. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
22. A small tree.
24. A resident of Ohio.
26. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
27. Filled with fear or apprehension.
29. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
30. God of fire.
33. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
36. Visionary British poet (1757-1827).
40. To an excessive degree.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757).
47. (British) A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight.
49. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
50. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
53. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
55. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
56. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
59. God of wealth and love.
62. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
64. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Any of various units of capacity.
72. United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932).
74. Wearing or provided with clothing.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
80. Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
81. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. A master's degree in literature.
2. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
3. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
4. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
5. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
6. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
7. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
10. Overeat or eat immodestly.
11. A Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean.
12. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
13. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
14. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
19. A city in north-central India.
23. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
25. Being one more than two.
28. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
31. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
32. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
34. Informal terms for dogs.
35. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
37. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
42. Short and fat.
44. Lean end of the neck.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
48. Conforming to truth.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. A large number or amount.
54. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
58. Someone whose business is advertising.
60. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Expel, as of gases and odors.
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
67. Toward the mouth or oral region.
70. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
71. The basic unit of money in Romania.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
77. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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