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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.
17. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
18. Great coolness and composure under strain.
19. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. Towards the side away from the wind.
22. Complacently or inanely foolish.
24. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
26. Before noon.
28. Terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests.
29. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
36. (religion) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon church.
40. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
42. (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.
43. A mass of undifferentiated cells from with an organ or body part develops.
45. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
46. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
49. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
50. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
51. Farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle).
54. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
58. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
59. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
63. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
69. Russian country house.
70. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
71. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
73. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
74. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
75. The theological doctrine taught by Arius that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
77. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
78. An accidental happening.
79. A reformed prostitute.
80. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
2. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
3. Indigo bush.
4. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
5. An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing.
6. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
7. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
8. Extreme mental retardation.
9. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
10. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
11. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
25. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
27. A woman sahib.
30. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina.
33. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
34. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
35. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
37. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
38. The fur of an otter.
39. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
41. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
44. The capital of Bahrain.
47. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
48. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
52. Express strong disapproval of.
53. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
56. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
60. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
61. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
62. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
64. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
65. Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).
66. A fraudulent business scheme.
67. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
68. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
72. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
76. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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