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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. Of or relating to syllables.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
17. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
18. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
20. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
21. (informal) Roused to anger.
22. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
23. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
25. First in order of importance.
27. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
29. Away from the right path or direction.
31. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
34. A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.
37. With dry humor.
39. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
40. A periodic paperback publication.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
45. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. Induce to have sex.
52. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
55. A state in north central United States.
57. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
60. Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
62. Testacean rhizopods.
65. Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
68. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
69. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
77. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
78. (Irish) The sea personified.
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1. In bed.
2. A narrow way or road.
3. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
6. A long-playing phonograph record.
7. A jaunty rhythm in music.
8. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
9. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
10. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
11. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
12. Snake mackerels.
13. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
24. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
26. The sacred city of Lamaism.
28. A purging medicine.
30. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
32. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
33. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
35. The striking of one body against another.
36. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
38. A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon.
42. Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
43. Lower in esteem.
46. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
47. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. Of or relating to anestrus.
53. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
54. An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
56. Of or like a cecum.
58. State in northeastern India.
59. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
61. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
63. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
64. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
66. Not in action or at work.
67. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
70. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground.
71. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
74. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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