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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. A sponge cake baked in a ring mold.
11. A slow pace of running.
15. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
16. Narrow and long and pointed.
17. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Italian poet (1569-1625).
21. Relating to or resembling mucus.
23. Administer an oil or ointment to.
24. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
27. A man who is a stupid fool.
29. A fibrous amphibole.
34. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. Being nine more than eighty.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
42. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
45. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Any plant of the genus Erica.
52. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
53. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants.
56. Ctenophore having short tentacles.
58. God of death.
59. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
62. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
66. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
68. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
69. (Greek mythology) The Muse of epic poetry.
73. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
74. A decree that prohibits something.
75. A graphic character used in ideography.
76. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
77. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
78. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
2. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
3. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
4. A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads).
5. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
6. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
7. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
8. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
9. Goddess of fertility.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
12. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
20. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
22. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A Spanish river.
28. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
30. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
31. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
32. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
33. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
36. Of or relating to or containing barium.
41. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
43. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
47. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
48. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
54. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
55. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
57. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
64. A group of countries in special alliance.
65. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
67. Offering fun and gaiety.
70. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
71. The basic unit of money in Romania.
72. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
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