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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
11. Informal terms for a mother.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. The act of arousing.
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. How long something has existed.
19. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. A woman who is engaged to be married.
23. Wife of Balder.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Preserve of crushed fruit.
27. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
29. A Loloish language.
32. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
34. Of or involving the ovaries.
38. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
41. (used informally) Very small.
42. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
44. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
46. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
50. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
51. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
52. Exultantly proud and joyful.
54. Being one more than one hundred.
55. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. Closed with a lace.
59. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
62. Being nine more than ninety.
64. (Welsh myth) The other world.
68. Take in solid food.
71. Type genus of the Ranidae.
72. Disposed to venture or take risks.
75. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
76. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
77. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
78. With no effort to conceal.
79. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
80. Give over.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
3. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
4. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
5. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
6. Any cone-shaped artifact.
7. Temporary military shelter.
8. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
9. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
10. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
11. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A woman of refinement.
14. Jordan's port.
22. Chief of the Vanir.
26. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
28. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
30. Consisting of the musk-ox.
31. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
33. Of the common people of ancient Rome.
35. The eighth month of the civil year.
36. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
40. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
47. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
48. A slight amount or degree of difference.
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. The basic unit of money in Honduras.
56. Moving toward a position ahead.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
61. Declare invalid.
63. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
66. Using speech rather than writing.
67. Unusually short.
69. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
70. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
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