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1. A quantity of no importance.
5. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
12. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
15. Advanced in years.
16. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
17. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
18. A bar of sand.
20. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
23. A yellow quartz.
25. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
26. Capable of wounding.
29. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
31. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
33. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
35. Any of various units of capacity.
38. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
43. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
45. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
46. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
47. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
48. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
50. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
52. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. Having no jaw.
58. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
63. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
64. Narrow and long and pointed.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. 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.
70. A substance derived from amygdalin.
75. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
76. Lying face upward.
79. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
80. The basic unit of money in Romania.
81. Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people.
82. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
83. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
84. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
85. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
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1. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. The brightest star in Cygnus.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. An accountant certified by the state.
6. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
7. An associate degree in nursing.
8. Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
9. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
10. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
11. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
12. A person of unquestioning obedience.
13. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
14. Being two identical.
19. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast.
21. Occurring or done each day.
24. A doctor's degree in optometry.
27. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
32. Any plant of the genus Silene.
34. Common Indian weaverbird.
36. A physiological need to drink.
37. Evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A Russian river.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
44. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
49. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
51. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
54. (Babylonian) The sky god.
56. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. Evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand.
59. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
60. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
61. Being nine more than forty.
62. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
66. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
69. Chief port of Yemen.
71. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
72. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
73. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
74. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
77. Be seated.
78. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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