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1. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
4. A state of robust good health.
12. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere.
17. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
18. The inventor to whom a patent is issued.
20. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
21. The act of refusing an offer.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. The month following February and preceding April.
24. Bubble shells.
26. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
30. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
31. A soft silvery metallic element.
35. A Scottish word.
41. Loud confused noise from many sources.
43. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
44. The products of human creativity.
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
49. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
53. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
57. Remove the outer cover or wrapping of.
59. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
62. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
63. Aimlessly drifting.
65. Oblong cream puff.
69. Systematic investigation to establish facts.
71. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
72. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
76. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
77. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
79. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Deeply moved.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
4. Located at or near the back of an animal.
5. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
6. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
7. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
8. A Mid-Atlantic state.
9. Become ground down or deteriorate.
10. The muscular back part of the shank.
11. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
12. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
13. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
14. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
19. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A farewell remark.
29. Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
34. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
36. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
39. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
40. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
50. A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire.
51. Having been taken in marriage.
54. The sound like water splashing.
55. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
56. The first month of the civil year.
58. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
60. Selected as the best.
61. Follower of Rastafarianism.
64. A fraudulent business scheme.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. The content of cognition.
68. Framework for holding objects.
70. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
74. Half the width of an em.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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