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1. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
5. Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
12. An accountant certified by the state.
15. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
16. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
17. Take in solid food.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
24. An honorary degree in science.
25. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
26. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
28. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
31. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
33. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
35. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
38. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
40. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
43. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
49. Inquire about.
50. Chief port of Yemen.
53. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
54. (biology) Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
56. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
58. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
62. Disabled in the feet or legs.
63. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
67. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
75. Term of address for a man.
79. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
80. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
82. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
83. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
84. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
85. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
2. Have confidence or faith in.
3. A desert in southern Israel.
4. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
5. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A sudden short attack.
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. Not divisible by two.
10. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. Of or like a cecum.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. Affect with wonder.
23. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
27. A motley assortment of things.
29. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. Any system of principles or beliefs.
34. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
36. (anatomy) Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body.
37. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
39. In bed.
41. Characteristic of a mob.
42. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
44. Russian country house.
46. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
55. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
57. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
59. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
60. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
61. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
64. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
65. Suggestive of the supernatural.
69. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
70. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
72. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
76. An associate degree in applied science.
77. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
78. An enclosed space.
81. A state in midwestern United States.
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