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1. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
4. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column.
12. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
17. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
20. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
22. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
24. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
26. Consider as ideal.
28. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. Not final or absolute.
41. Deprive of freedom.
43. A human limb.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. Mix together different elements.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
51. State in northeastern India.
52. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
53. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
54. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
55. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. A major god.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
63. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
66. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
71. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
75. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
77. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
78. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
81. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
82. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
83. (of eggs) No longer edible.
84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
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1. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
2. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
3. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
6. Considerate and solicitous care.
7. Having or arranged in tiers.
8. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
9. Artificial and inferior.
10. A Loloish language.
11. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
12. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
13. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
14. Greenish-yellow pear.
21. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
23. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
25. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
27. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
33. The sacred city of Lamaism.
34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
35. Lacking vigor or energy.
37. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
38. Slanderous defamation.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. Enthusiastic approval.
42. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
46. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
48. A game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters.
50. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
59. (of tempo) Very fast and lively adv.
62. Closed with a lace.
64. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
65. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
67. Dearly loved.
68. In bed.
70. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
72. A city in northern India.
73. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
76. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
79. Unknown god.
80. A doctor's degree in religion.
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