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1. The airforce of Great Britain.
4. Tending to promote physical well-being.
12. Make amends for.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
20. Muslim name for God.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
24. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. Have an existence, be extant.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. English pianist (1890-1965).
35. A flowering shrub.
39. (prefix) Within.
40. Appeal or request earnestly.
41. Flat tableland with steep edges.
44. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
48. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
49. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
52. Relating to bees or beekeeping.
55. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
57. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
59. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
63. (Greek) Made of lamb.
67. A long monotonous harangue.
68. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
69. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
74. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence of an undesirable condition.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. A branch of the Tai languages.
78. From 2 million to 13 million years ago.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Located in or toward the back or rear.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. An inhabitant of Lappland.
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953).
9. Mix or blend.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Late time of life.
12. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
21. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
23. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
29. A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting.
30. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
32. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
33. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
34. Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
36. The sound made by a horse.
37. Someone whose business is advertising.
38. United States comedian.
42. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
43. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
47. Someone who plays the game of golf.
50. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
51. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
53. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
54. A deep prolonged loud noise.
56. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
58. A state in northwestern North America.
60. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
65. Beyond what is natural.
66. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
70. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
71. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
75. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
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