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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers.
12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Polished courtesy.
17. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
20. Person who does no work.
21. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
27. Mites and ticks.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
33. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India.
41. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
42. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
44. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
46. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
50. Beyond what is natural.
51. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
53. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
56. Before noon.
57. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
59. With rapid movements.
60. A Russian river.
61. A city in northern India.
62. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
68. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
72. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
74. United States writer (born in 1925).
76. The cry made by sheep.
77. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
78. Bottom-livers having large eyes with metallic green luster.
80. A cgs unit of work or energy.
81. Take in solid food.
82. 10 grams.
83. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. Temporary military shelter.
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.
8. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
9. Type genus of the Siluridae.
10. Specify individually.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
19. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. A fraudulent business scheme.
29. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
34. Any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny.
35. Foul with waste matter.
36. Surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes.
39. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
40. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
43. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
45. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. Someone who attacks in search of booty.
49. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
52. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
54. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
55. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
58. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. A thin strip (wood or metal).
65. Female equine animal.
66. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
67. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
69. In bed.
70. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
71. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
73. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
75. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
79. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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