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1. Sailing close to the wind v 1.
5. The branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy.
12. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
16. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
26. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
28. Selected as the best.
29. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
32. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
35. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
39. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
43. Cause to ripen.
46. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
49. Based on the meter as a standard of measurement.
50. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
51. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
52. Not out.
56. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
60. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
62. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
65. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
66. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism.
69. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
71. Any of various units of capacity.
72. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
73. Segmented worms.
75. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
76. Being one more than forty.
77. One who dodders from old age and weakness.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
2. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
3. Form into a cylinder by rolling.
4. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
5. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. The act of ceding.
8. A bluish shade of green.
9. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
10. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. An established custom.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. (New Testament) Supposed brother of St James.
19. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
23. Squash bugs.
25. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
27. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
30. Apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material.
31. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
33. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
34. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
36. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
37. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. Capital of Armenia.
45. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
47. The state capital of South Australia.
48. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
53. An enclosed space.
54. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
55. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
57. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
58. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
59. Enthusiastic approval.
61. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
63. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
64. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
67. A slight amount or degree of difference.
68. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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