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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. A helpful partner.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
18. Become imbued.
19. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
20. The residue that remains when something is burned.
21. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
22. A doctor's degree in education.
24. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
27. A guidebook describing the roads of a country.
30. A native or inhabitant of Bahrain.
33. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
38. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
40. Make less active or intense.
41. A form of address for a married woman.
44. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
45. Material used to daub walls.
46. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
47. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
54. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
57. Of time long past.
58. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
62. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
64. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
66. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
71. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
72. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
75. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
76. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. How long something has existed.
80. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
81. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
82. Estrangement from god.
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1. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
4. Not easy.
5. Old World buntings.
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
8. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
9. Sour or bitter in taste.
10. A drumbeat of bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
14. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
23. The Teutonic god of thunder.
25. Jordan's port.
26. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
28. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
29. Toward the mouth or oral region.
31. Strong and sharp.
32. A fastener for a door or lid.
34. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
35. Serving no useful purpose.
36. Open again or anew.
39. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
52. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
53. Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
55. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
56. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
59. A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
60. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
61. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. Type genus of the Anatidae.
69. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
70. A primeval personification of air and breath.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
78. Being nine more than ninety.
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