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1. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Soviet physicist and dissident.
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. Affectedly trendy.
20. A structure supporting or containing something.
21. Used of a single unit or thing.
22. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
24. Lacking a centromere.
26. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
28. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
29. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
33. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
34. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
41. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
45. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
47. An awkward stupid person.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932).
55. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
57. (game bird) Flesh of quail.
60. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
64. A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron).
67. Seed again or anew.
68. Tasting sour like a lemon.
69. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
75. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
76. The seed of the cereal grass.
77. White grape grown especially in the Loire Valley in France.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
2. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
3. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
4. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
6. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
7. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
8. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
9. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
10. A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
11. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
12. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
13. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
14. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
19. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
27. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
30. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
31. Showing fear and lack of confidence.
32. The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. Again but in a new or different way.
38. Moderate or restrain.
39. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
43. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
44. A radioactive transuranic element.
46. Elude, esp. in a baffling way.
48. Diverge from the expected.
52. An onerous or difficult concern.
54. Trousers that end at or above the knee.
56. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
58. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
59. Be in accord.
61. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
66. One thousandth of a second.
70. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
71. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
74. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
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