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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
12. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
15. A tight-fitting headdress.
16. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
17. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
18. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War.
20. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
29. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
32. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
35. Isolated from others.
36. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
39. A state of southwestern India.
40. Of a pale purple color.
43. Open the zipper of.
44. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
47. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
49. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
56. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
68. A passage with access only at one end.
71. Jordan's port.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. A woman sahib.
75. Preserve of crushed fruit.
76. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
77. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
2. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
3. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
4. Childcare during the day while parents work.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
9. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. 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.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
14. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
19. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
21. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
23. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. Using the voice.
31. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
33. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
34. Extent downward or backward or inward.
37. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
38. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
41. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
42. United States comedian.
45. Squash bugs.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
52. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
54. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
57. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
58. Enthusiastic approval.
59. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
65. In addition.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
67. A Hindu prince or king in India.
69. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
70. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. A state in midwestern United States.
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