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1. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
4. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers.
17. A local computer network for communication between computers.
18. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
20. Something considered choice to eat.
21. The capital and largest city of Japan.
22. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
23. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
26. Half the width of an em.
27. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. A state in midwestern United States.
33. State in northeastern India.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Used especially of mail.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. Absent-minded dreaming while awake.
52. A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
54. A state in east central United States.
55. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. Of or containing iridium.
63. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
66. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
74. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
75. Upset and make nauseated.
77. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
78. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
79. Fringed or adorned with tassels.
80. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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1. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
2. Free from dirt or impurities.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
5. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
8. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
10. Relating to or containing diazonium.
11. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
12. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
13. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
19. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
24. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
25. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
28. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. Lower in esteem.
34. Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
35. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
36. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
38. Very dark black.
39. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
42. Occurring or done each day.
43. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
44. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
46. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
47. Characterized by lust.
48. Australian wild horse.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
53. Any plant of the genus Erica.
56. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
59. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
61. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
62. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
64. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
65. A caress with the lips.
67. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
68. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
71. The cry made by sheep.
72. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
73. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
76. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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