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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. City in central Iran.
12. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
15. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
17. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
18. Fiddler crabs.
19. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
20. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
22. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
25. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
27. In a flippant manner.
28. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
31. In a dangerously risky manner.
34. Not carefully or expertly made.
36. A sudden short attack.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. The fatty flesh of eel.
48. Someone who operates an aircraft.
51. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
52. A woman sahib.
54. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
55. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
58. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
61. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
63. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
67. Covered with paving material.
70. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
74. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
76. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
77. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
78. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
2. Made of or resembling lace.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
5. (Japanese) A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
6. Of or relating to the palm of the hand.
7. Gone by.
8. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
9. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
12. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
13. Cause to move back by force or influence.
14. The act of mimicking.
21. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
23. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
24. Set down according to a plan.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. Feel grief.
30. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
32. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. To some (great or small) extent.
35. Half the width of an em.
38. Being in competition.
39. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
40. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
42. Too numerous to be counted.
45. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
46. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
47. Jordan's port.
49. State in northeastern India.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
53. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
56. Bound by or as if by an oath.
57. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
59. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
60. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
62. American novelist (1909-1955).
64. Type genus of the Ranidae.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. The residue that remains when something is burned.
69. An accountant certified by the state.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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