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1. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
4. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. A port in southwestern Scotland.
16. Without shoes.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
20. A mutual promise to marry.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
23. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
25. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. A student who studies excessively.
38. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
41. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
44. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
47. A city of southeastern Mexico.
48. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
50. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
53. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
54. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
55. Deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers.
57. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. Any plant of the genus Erica.
61. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
63. An enclosed space.
64. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. The closing section of a musical composition.
69. Toward the mouth or oral region.
75. Being one more than six.
77. A general direction in which something tends to move.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.
81. American novelist (1909-1955).
82. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
83. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. City in Sudan.
3. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Indigo bush.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
8. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
9. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
10. A successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer).
11. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
12. Wearing or provided with clothing.
13. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
24. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
26. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
30. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. An Eskimo hut.
35. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
36. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
37. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
39. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
40. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
42. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. The capital of Western Samoa.
49. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
51. "an agrarian (or agricultural) society".
52. Not treated with lead.
56. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
59. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
66. The ending of a series or sequence.
67. The brightest star in Cygnus.
68. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
70. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
71. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
72. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
73. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
74. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
76. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
80. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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