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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees.
12. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. The quality of being alien.
18. The month following February and preceding April.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
20. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
22. God of wealth and love.
24. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
26. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. The food served and eaten at one time.
30. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
36. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
39. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
41. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
42. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
43. The eleventh month of the civil year.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
52. An associate degree in nursing.
53. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
54. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
56. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
58. A hereditary ruler.
62. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
66. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. So scary as to cause chills and shudders.
71. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
72. The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.
74. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
75. Being one more than nine.
76. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
77. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A herder or swine.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
10. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
11. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
12. (Welsh myth) The other world.
13. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
14. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
21. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
29. Capital of Armenia.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
33. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
35. A New England state.
37. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
38. The closing section of a musical composition.
40. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
44. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
45. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
48. A Loloish language.
49. The sound made by corvine birds.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
55. Desire strongly or persistently.
57. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
59. Squash bugs.
60. Of inferior or mixed breed.
61. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
63. Make amends for.
64. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
65. A quantity that is added.
68. Make or shape as with an axe.
69. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
73. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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