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1. A three-tone Chadic language.
5. New information about specific and timely events.
12. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
15. Highly excited.
16. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. The third month of the civil year.
20. Small cake baked in a muffin tin.
22. A useful or valuable quality.
24. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
25. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
28. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
31. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking.
35. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
39. Being precisely fitting and right.
40. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. Aromatic resin used in perfume and incense.
44. Register formally.
46. (Babylonian) The sky god.
47. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
49. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
52. A doctor's degree in optometry.
53. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
56. A formal expression of praise.
60. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
62. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
70. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
71. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
72. Red breed of domestic rabbits.
74. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
75. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
76. A great raja.
77. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Armor plate that protects the chest.
3. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
4. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
5. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
6. A state in midwestern United States.
7. Causing fear or dread or terror.
8. Being nine more than ninety.
9. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
10. French post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903).
11. Of surpassing excellence.
12. Taken or to be taken at random.
13. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
14. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
19. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
21. Of the color of cream.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. Half the width of an em.
27. A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1.
29. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
30. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
32. A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.
33. Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.
34. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
37. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. Coffee trees.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
50. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
51. Widely known and esteemed.
54. Preserve a dead body.
55. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
57. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
58. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. In bed.
63. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
64. Belonging to some prior time.
65. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
68. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
69. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
73. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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