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1. Capital and largest city of Italy.
5. A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
16. Of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea n.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
25. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
27. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.
28. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
30. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
32. The highest level or degree attainable.
36. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
38. A tropical cyclone occurring in the W Pacific or Indian oceans.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
43. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
45. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
48. The sixth day of the week.
49. Type genus of the Ranidae.
50. Beyond what is natural.
56. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
60. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
61. Food for domestic livestock.
67. Armor plate that protects the chest.
70. Imperial moths.
72. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
76. A (usually) large and scholarly book.
77. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
78. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
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1. Any competition.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended.
4. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
5. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. Get undressed.
8. The basic unit of money in Peru.
9. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
10. Being three more than fifty.
11. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. Being ten more than eighty.
24. A genus of Indriidae.
26. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
29. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
31. Blatant or sensational promotion.
33. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
34. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
35. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
37. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
39. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
46. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
59. A state in New England.
66. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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