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1. The month following February and preceding April.
4. (British) Property that provides tax income for local governments.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. How long something has existed.
16. The heading or caption of a newspaper article.
17. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
18. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
26. Come or be in close contact with.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
32. Excessively fat.
36. Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Largest known toad species.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Being such that curing or healing is possible.
47. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
48. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
49. Having winglike extensions.
50. A genus of Platalea.
52. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. Avatar of Vishnu.
60. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
62. Felt hat with a creased crown.
70. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
72. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.
74. Used of idealized country life.
76. Being two more than fifty.
77. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
2. A city in northern India.
3. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
4. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
8. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
9. The basic unit of money on Malta.
10. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
11. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
12. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
14. A city of central China.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. Indigo bush.
23. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
27. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
28. A garment that covers the head and face.
30. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
35. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
37. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
38. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
39. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
42. Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit.
45. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
56. Cap that fits over the hub of a wheel.
57. Ruddy duck.
59. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
61. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
63. Type genus of the Ranidae.
64. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
65. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
66. Being one more than seven.
67. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
68. A sudden short attack.
69. Type genus of the Amiidae.
71. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
75. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
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