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1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
5. An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
12. An honorary degree in science.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. Type genus of the Fregatidae.
17. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
18. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
20. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
24. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
26. Lower in esteem.
28. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
30. Place a value on.
33. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
41. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
44. Someone who takes vengeance.
47. Relating to or associated with heat.
49. Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere.
50. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
52. Advanced in years.
53. An associate degree in nursing.
54. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
55. (Irish) Goddess.
58. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
63. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician.
65. Textual matter that is added onto a publication.
68. A doctor's degree in education.
69. Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC.
72. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
73. A strong emotion.
74. City in central Iran.
75. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
76. (informal) Roused to anger.
77. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
78. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
3. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
4. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
5. A master's degree in fine arts.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. American novelist (1909-1955).
9. The act of carrying something v 1.
10. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. On the contrary.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
14. Made of fir or pine.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
25. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. Immature of its kind.
31. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
32. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
34. Make children.
35. A river in southeastern France.
36. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
39. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
42. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
43. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
45. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
46. A stock exchange in New York.
48. Dried bark of various magnolias.
51. An Indic language.
56. A drama set to music.
57. Having help.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
61. The excrement of sea birds.
62. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
64. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
66. A low heavy horsecart without sides.
67. A quantity of no importance.
70. A city in the European part of Russia.
71. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
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