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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
11. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
17. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
18. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
19. A second-rate prize fighter.
20. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926).
25. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
27. A doctor's degree in religion.
28. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
30. Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation v 1.
34. By chance.
38. A covered passageway.
39. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
41. That is to say.
42. The money risked on a gamble.
43. The father of your father or mother.
44. The seed-producing cone of a pine tree.
47. A cruel and brutal fellow.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
50. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
51. A French abbot.
54. A column of light (as from a beacon).
57. With respect to the face.
60. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
61. Having facets.
68. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
71. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
72. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
73. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
75. A decree that prohibits something.
76. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
77. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
78. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A period of time spent sleeping.
5. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
6. An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).
7. (archaic) Of persons.
8. The expression on a person's face.
9. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
10. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
11. 43rd President of the United States.
12. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
13. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
14. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
22. The seventh month of the civil year.
24. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
26. A genus of Ploceidae.
29. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
31. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
32. Covered with scabs.
33. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
35. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
36. A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement.
37. Hot or warm and humid.
40. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
45. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
46. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. 1/10 gram.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Enchanter's nightshade.
55. Render verbally, "recite a poem".
56. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
58. Large American feline resembling a lion.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
63. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
64. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
66. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
67. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
70. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
74. Being five more than fifty.
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