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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A resident of Alabama.
12. A castrated tomcat.
15. How long something has existed.
16. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
20. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
22. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
23. In bed.
25. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
26. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
29. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
32. A slender double-reed instrument.
36. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
38. Related to or located at the back.
39. Not easy.
41. A distinguished female operatic singer.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. (British) Your grandmother.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Porridge made of rolled oats.
53. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
56. The basic unit of money in Spain.
57. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
60. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
62. At full speed.
63. One of the Muslim people of Africa.
64. A Hindu prince or king in India.
68. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
69. (heraldry) Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms.
73. A boy or man.
74. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
75. Fringed or adorned with tassels.
76. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
77. The fatty flesh of eel.
78. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. American novelist (1909-1955).
9. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
12. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
14. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
19. 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.
21. The sound of laughing.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
30. Indicating the most important performer or role.
31. The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
35. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
37. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
40. Of or like a feeble old woman.
43. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
50. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
51. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
52. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
54. Having branches.
55. Someone who admires a young woman.
58. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
59. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
61. A light semitransparent fabric.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
67. The sixth month of the civil year.
70. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
71. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
72. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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