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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
12. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Resembling a star.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia.
20. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
21. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
23. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
24. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. The capital of Western Samoa.
33. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
35. A book of the New Testament.
39. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
41. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
47. Of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it.
49. The wife or widow of a czar.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. A large number or amount.
55. Driven insane.
56. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
58. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
59. Small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail.
62. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
66. (Yiddish) Someone who is a boring pest.
67. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
70. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
71. Used in combination to denote the middle.
72. Make legal.
74. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road).
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
5. Pierced with with a pointed weapon.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. The products of human creativity.
8. Wearing or provided with clothing.
9. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
10. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v 1.
12. Anthropologist and linguist.
13. Lean end of the neck.
14. (used informally) Very small.
22. Jordan's port.
25. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
27. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
29. Presence of white blood cells in the urine.
30. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
31. Carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal.
32. An active and efficient cause.
34. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
36. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
37. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
38. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
40. German mathematician (1804-1851).
43. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. Someone who makes and sells wigs.
45. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
48. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
50. A fast movement (usually in triple time).
51. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
54. French novelist.
57. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
60. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
61. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
63. A Hindu prince or king in India.
64. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. Being one more than two.
73. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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