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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally).
12. An enclosed space.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. A small flat file for shaping the nails.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point.
19. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
20. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
21. Of or relating to a caesura.
23. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
26. A local computer network for communication between computers.
28. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
35. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
50. Offering little or no hope.
53. An associate degree in applied science.
55. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
56. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
58. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
59. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
76. Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.
77. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
78. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
2. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
3. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
4. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
9. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
10. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
11. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
27. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
30. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
32. A quantity of no importance.
33. The qualities of a hero or heroine.
34. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
36. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
38. Jordan's port.
39. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
42. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible.
48. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).
51. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
52. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).
60. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
61. An informal term for a father.
62. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
63. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
65. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
66. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. An accountant certified by the state.
70. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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