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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
12. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
15. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
16. The doctrine that ideas are the only reality.
17. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
18. A boy or man.
19. Fast-growing round-headed tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers.
20. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
21. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
23. Not giving or reciprocating affection.
25. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
27. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
28. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
30. A pass between mountain peaks.
31. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
34. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
36. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
38. Stalk of a moss capsule.
39. A doctor's degree in religion.
40. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
43. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
50. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
52. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
55. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
56. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
58. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
61. Being nine more than forty.
62. 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.
65. New Guinea echidnas.
71. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
72. The cry made by sheep.
73. One that is absent or not in residence.
76. Minor or subordinate.
77. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
78. An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco.
79. An electrically charged particle.
80. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
81. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group.
82. Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
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1. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
4. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. A European river.
7. The month following February and preceding April.
8. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
9. A female lion.
10. Place or set apart.
11. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
12. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
13. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
14. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
22. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
24. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
26. Take by theft.
29. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
32. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
33. Mix up or confuse.
35. Type genus of the Phocidae.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
41. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
42. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
44. 1/10 gram.
47. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
48. (grammar) Of or relating to the aorist tense.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers.
59. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
60. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
63. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
64. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
66. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
67. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
68. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
69. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
70. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
74. The longest division of geological time.
75. The fatty flesh of eel.
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