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1. Being nine more than fifty.
4. A thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot.
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
16. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
17. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
18. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.
20. A bluish shade of green.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
27. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
30. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. Any of various units of capacity.
34. Lower in esteem.
36. Not in good physical or mental health.
38. A genus of Pyralidae.
41. Ludicrously odd.
45. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
47. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
48. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
53. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A small drink of liquor.
58. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956).
59. Treelike tropical Asian herbs.
63. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
64. An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India.
68. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
73. A substance that oxidizes another substance.
76. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
77. A periodic paperback publication.
78. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
79. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
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1. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
2. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
3. The woody part of plants.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
6. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
7. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
8. Compete for something.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
10. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. The longest river of Asia.
13. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
14. Slanderous defamation.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A recurrent rhythmical series.
23. Curved like a sickle.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
28. 16 ounces.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
42. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
43. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
44. Small very thin pancake.
46. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
49. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
51. Of or relating to or containing basalt.
54. Attribute to a source or cause.
56. 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.
60. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
61. Of or like a cecum.
62. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
66. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
67. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
69. Avatar of Vishnu.
70. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
71. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
74. 10 grams.
75. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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