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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. Buying or selling securities or commodities.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. Large luxurious car.
16. (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire.
17. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. Small cold-water silvery fish.
20. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
21. Brief and to the point.
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
25. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
26. A wide scope.
28. (usually in the plural) Pants for casual wear.
31. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
32. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
35. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
41. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
44. Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks.
45. In a softened tone.
48. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
54. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
56. With ease.
57. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
60. Toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh.
61. The mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts.
63. A Hindu prince or king in India.
67. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
68. A palace and fortress built in Granada by the Moslems in the Middle Ages.
72. A boy or man.
73. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
74. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
76. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
77. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
2. Type genus of the Cimicidae.
3. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
4. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
5. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
6. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
7. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
8. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
9. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Former measure of the US economy.
12. An alloy of copper and zinc.
13. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
14. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
22. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
24. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
27. Having or joined by a seam or seams.
29. Mongolian wild ass.
30. Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither.
33. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846).
34. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
36. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
38. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
39. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
40. A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
42. Be compatible or in accordance with.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. The act of scanning.
47. Muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury.
51. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
52. A region and ancient country in the east of the Balkan Peninsula north of the Aegean Sea.
53. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
55. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
58. A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid.
59. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
62. Adopted in order to deceive.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
65. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
66. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. The force of workers available.
70. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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