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1. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
4. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694).
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
16. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits.
17. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
18. Locked in by ice.
20. A state in east central United States.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. (informal) Roused to anger.
24. Being ahead of time or need.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
30. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
34. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
38. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
42. A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.
43. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
46. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
48. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
49. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.
50. Systematic investigation to establish facts.
53. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
54. Show a response or a reaction to something.
56. Type genus of the Danaidae.
58. Of or relating to the heart.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
62. A Greek island west of Greece.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
66. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
70. The cry made by sheep.
71. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
75. Remove from office.
76. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. Look at with amorous intentions.
79. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
80. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
81. Being precisely fitting and right.
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1. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
2. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
3. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
4. The sound made by a cow or bull.
5. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
6. A Russian river.
7. A genus of Ploceidae.
8. Being nine more than ninety.
9. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
10. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
11. That is to say.
12. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
19. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
21. The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art".
26. The money risked on a gamble.
28. A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.
31. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
33. Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.
35. Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender.
36. Squash bugs.
37. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
39. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
40. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
41. Newspaper writers and photographers.
44. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
45. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
47. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
51. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
57. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
59. Cause to ripen.
60. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
63. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
64. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
67. A racing sled for one or two people.
68. A small island.
72. A rapid bustling commotion.
73. Lacking in light.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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