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1. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
5. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
12. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
15. A very light brown.
16. A colorless oily liquid.
17. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
18. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
20. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
22. (euphemistic) "he is deceased".
24. Affect with wonder.
26. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
28. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
29. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
31. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
36. Goddess of fate.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Resembling a leaf.
44. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
45. Adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
46. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
47. The act of scanning.
48. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
49. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. A racetrack for horse racing.
54. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
57. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
59. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
63. Temporary cessation or suspension.
67. A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached.
68. A boy or man.
69. Forbidden by law.
72. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
73. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
74. Turning upside down.
76. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. Rock hoppers.
79. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
2. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
3. Any plant of the genus Erica.
4. A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.
5. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
6. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
7. Explorer and United States naval officer.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. Re-equip a factory or plant.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. Free from dirt or impurities.
13. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
14. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
23. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. Supply with battlements.
32. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
33. Island in West Indies.
34. Of a pale purple color.
35. A rotund individual.
37. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
41. Tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood.
43. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
50. Painter of the Florentine school.
52. An attribute that fits a person for something.
53. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
55. Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores.
56. A Russian river.
58. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
60. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
61. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
62. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
64. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
66. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
70. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
71. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
75. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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