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1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
4. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15. Being one more than two.
16. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
17. A slight amount or degree of difference.
18. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
19. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
20. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
21. A message that departs from the main subject.
23. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
25. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
26. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
27. An archaic drinking vessel.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
32. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
36. A Formosan language.
40. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
42. The month following March and preceding May.
44. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
45. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
49. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
50. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
51. (British abbreviation) "he accepted it on appro".
53. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
55. Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.
57. Denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java.
59. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. A form of address for a man.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. A shoe with a wedge heel.
71. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
73. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
74. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
75. Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria.
77. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
78. An informal term for a father.
79. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
80. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
2. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain without harming the digestive tract.
3. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
6. Bring an accusation against.
7. The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
8. The longest division of geological time.
9. A curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
12. A state in the western United States.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
22. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
24. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
28. A doctor's degree in optometry.
29. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
33. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
34. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
35. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
37. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
38. The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.
39. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
41. Become one.
43. A populous province in northeastern China.
46. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
47. Treat badly.
48. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
52. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
54. A town in north central Oklahoma.
56. A loose shirt or tunic.
58. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
61. Type genus of the Nepidae.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
65. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
69. A city in northern India.
72. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
76. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
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