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1. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
4. Getting bald.
11. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
15. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
16. 1 species.
17. Not widely known.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
21. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
23. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
24. A discrete unit of living matter.
25. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
28. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
31. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
32. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
36. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.
39. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
40. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
42. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
43. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
49. Inquire about.
50. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
53. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
57. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
59. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
62. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
72. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
75. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
76. Type genus of the Amiidae.
77. The act of displaying something ostentatiously.
78. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. The eighth month of the civil year.
3. A cooperative unit.
4. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. An advanced law degree.
7. An exercising weight.
8. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
9. A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord.
10. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
11. A person being ordained.
12. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. Immediately following in time or order.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
26. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
27. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
29. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
30. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
33. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. A polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers.
35. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.
41. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.
47. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
51. Wet with dew.
52. The longest division of geological time.
54. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
55. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
58. A populous province in northeastern China.
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
61. Type genus of the Gavidae.
63. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
64. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
65. An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck.
67. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. The month following September and preceding November.
73. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
74. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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