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1. A benevolent aspect of Devi. 4. Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes. 12. A light touch or stroke. 15. A shape that sags. 16. Anise trees. 17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from
aba cloth. 18. Unusual or striking. 20. A hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes. 22. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland. 23. Medieval artillery used during sieges. 25. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good
health. 26. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519. 28. Type genus of the Nepidae. 30. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers. 33. A figure of a person made of packed snow. 37. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain
nymphs. 38. Of or related to the amnion or characterized
by developing an amnion. 41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves. 42. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria. 43. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder
filled with concrete. 44. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins. 45. Used of a single unit or thing. 46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the
heaviest of the halogen series). 48. An accountant certified by the state. 51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 53. A person who makes a grant in legal form. 55. Chief port of Yemen. 58. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing. 60. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of
Apsu. 64. The basic monetary unit in many countries. 67. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food. 69. Greek mythology. 72. Not fake or counterfeit. 73. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of. 74. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. 76. A man who is the lover of a girl or young
woman. 77. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice. 78. A flammable gas obtained by cracking petro
leum. 79. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
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1. A former communist country in eastern Europe
and northern Asia. 2. Type genus of the Majidae. 3. God of fire. 4. God of war and sky. 5. Give out. 6. Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. 7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984). 8. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 9. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion. 10. The metal or paper medium of exchange that
is presently used. 11. Any of various systems of units for measuring
electricity and magnetism. 12. An informal term for a father. 13. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). 14. Denuded of leaves. 19. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum. 21. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae
that is a source of timber and gum. 24. Fodder harvested while green and kept suc
culent by partial fermentation as in a silo. 27. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either
side to the ecliptic. 29. A radioactive metallic element that is similar
to tellurium and bismuth. 31. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot
iron. 32. Pull back or move away or backward. 34. A master's degree in literature. 35. (informal British usage) Aggravation or
aggression. 36. A person who gives a name or names. 39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric. 40. The branch of information science that deals
with natural language information. 47. Consideration in dealing with others and
avoiding giving offence. 49. A dark region of considerable extent on the
surface of the moon. 50. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba. 52. Complacently or inanely foolish. 54. A small horizontal rope between the shrouds
of a sailing ship. 56. Before noon. 57. The face or front of a building. 59. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a
plateau or ridge. 61. An official who carries a mace of office. 62. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana. 63. Emperor of Rome. 65. A sudden short attack. 66. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a
building especially the east end of a church. 68. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the
Ivory Coast. 70. The United Nations agency concerned with
international maritime activities. 71. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. 75. A colorless and odorless inert gas.