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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. A republic on the Maldive Islands.
12. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs.
17. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
18. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF.
26. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
28. A card game for 2 players.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
33. Give free rein to.
35. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
36. A city in northern India.
40. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
41. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
43. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
47. German biologist and philosopher.
50. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
52. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. Mated sexually.
56. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
68. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. Having leadership guidance.
75. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
76. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The place where some action occurs.
4. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A long-playing phonograph record.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Complacently or inanely foolish.
9. Being one more than six.
10. Having an illustrious reputation.
11. Standing posture.
12. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
13. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
14. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
19. South Asian deer with three-tined antlers.
23. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
25. Obvious and dull.
27. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
30. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
32. Dwell (archaic).
34. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
37. Malicious satisfaction.
38. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
39. (archaic) Of persons.
42. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
45. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
48. Perversely irritable.
49. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
61. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
62. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
63. Anything that serves as an enticement.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
66. In bed.
67. A quantity of no importance.
69. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
73. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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