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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. City in central Iran.
17. The longest division of geological time.
18. Bur marigolds.
19. The brightest star in Cygnus.
20. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
21. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
22. Squash bugs.
24. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
26. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. Having the slant of a bevel.
37. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
40. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
42. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
44. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
45. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
46. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
50. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
54. Regional and archaic.
57. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
62. The Creator.
69. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
77. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
78. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
79. Of or relating to or designating narcotics.
80. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
2. A vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant.
3. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
4. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
5. State in northeastern India.
6. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. In the Roman calendar.
9. Of or relating to Canada or its people.
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
13. A city in western Germany on the Rhine River.
14. An unforeseen obstacle.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
27. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
28. A Russian river.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
32. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
33. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
35. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
36. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
38. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
39. United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962).
41. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
47. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
48. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
49. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
51. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
52. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
53. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
55. A Loloish language.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. New Zealand conifer.
63. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. Fermented juice (of grapes especially).
66. Young of domestic cattle.
67. In bed.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
70. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
71. The last (12th) month of the year.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
76. A state in southeastern United States.
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