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1. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
4. Elder brother of Krishna.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
16. Part of the province of Newfoundland in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava peninsula in northeastern Canada.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
19. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An atom having a valence of one.
28. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
30. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
34. A river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River.
36. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. Slightly open.
39. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. Loss of the ability to swallow.
48. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
54. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
56. (usually plural) A destructive action.
59. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
61. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
62. A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
64. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
68. Wood of any of various alder trees.
69. A Hindu religious teacher.
73. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
74. The basic unit of money in Iran.
76. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
77. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
78. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
79. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).
5. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
6. 16 ounces.
7. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
8. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
9. A rapid bustling commotion.
10. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
25. Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
26. Posing no difficulty.
27. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
29. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. The housing or outer covering of something.
33. An angular shape made by folding.
35. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
38. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
41. The square of a body of any size of type.
42. English monk and scholar (672-735).
43. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
45. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar.
47. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
49. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
50. English poet (1621-1678).
52. 10 grams.
55. An informal term for a father.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
58. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
60. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
63. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
65. A bluish shade of green.
66. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
67. In addition.
70. Pan with a convex bottom.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Informal terms for the mouth.
75. Minor or subordinate.
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