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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. East Asian perennial herbs.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. Selected as the best.
20. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
24. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
27. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
34. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
38. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
42. A French abbot.
43. A genus of Mustelidae.
44. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
45. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
46. A Mid-Atlantic state.
47. English essayist (1775-1834).
50. Turned or twisted toward one side.
51. On or toward the lee.
54. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
55. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
58. Not enough.
61. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
65. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
70. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
73. Of or being the lowest female voice.
74. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
75. Of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents.
77. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
78. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
79. Capable of being added or added to.
80. Dearly loved.
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1. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
4. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
8. (Greek mythology) God of love.
9. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
10. A soft silvery metallic element.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length.
23. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
25. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
26. Capital of the state of Montana.
28. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
33. American dramatist (1928- ).
35. Existing or belonging to a time before a war.
36. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
37. A genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae.
40. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
48. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
49. (zoology) Of or resembling a goose.
52. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
53. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
60. Regional and archaic.
62. Affect with wonder.
63. 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos.
64. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
66. Unusually short.
67. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
68. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
69. A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building.
71. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.
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