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1. Standard temperature and pressure. 4.The sound of knocking (as on a door or
in an engine or bearing).
12. British informal term.
15. A pass between mountain peaks.
16. (optics) Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape.
17. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 19.The large yellow root of a rutabaga
plant used as food.
20. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
21. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
25. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
28. Capital of Vanuatu.
33. Cut off from a whole.
36. (linguistics) Relating to the ablative case.
39. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
40. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
41. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
44. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
46. Not ionic.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
51. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
52. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
54. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
56. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
58.The blood group whose red cells carry
both the A and B antigens.
60. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
63. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
66. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit. 69.The sixth day of the week.
70. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
72. Remove gas from.
73. Being one more than two.
74. A great raja.
76. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
77. Being one more than ninety. 78.The force applied to a unit area of surface.
79. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
DOWN
1. A large number or amount.
2.The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
3. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
4. A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia.
5. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
6. Relating to or using sight.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
10. Being on the left side.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. An acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border).
13. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
14. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
22. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
24. A master's degree in fine arts.
26. State capital of New York.
27. Used of a single unit or thing.
29. A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.
30. Rounded like an egg.
31. Provide with a new seat, as of a chair.
32. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
37. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
38. (military) Signal to turn the lights out. 43.The sound of heavy treading or stomping.
45. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. Poisonous herbs.
48. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
53. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
55. Leave a camp.
57. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
59. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
61. Of or relating to a hair.
62. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
64. Being three more than fifty.
65. Affected manners intended to impress others.
67. Not reflecting light.
68. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
71. An associate degree in applied science.
75. A son who has the same first name as his father.