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1. The month following August and preceding October.
4. A hypothesis that is taken for granted.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
16. Be earlier in time.
17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
18. (Sumerian) Sun god.
19. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. A large shawm.
23. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
25. State capital of New York.
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
30. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
32. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
36. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
38. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
42. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
44. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
45. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
47. In a subordinate position.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
52. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
53. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
54. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
56. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
58. (British informal) Sore or lame.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
66. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
71. Disposed to venture or take risks.
74. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
75. Goddess of fertility.
76. A port city in southwestern Iran.
77. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
78. Free from risk or danger.
79. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
2. Praise, glorify, or honor.
3. Exactly vertical.
4. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
5. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
6. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
7. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
8. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
11. A Russian river.
12. A cloth having a crisscross design.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. Distance travelled per unit time.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
26. A city in northern India.
27. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
31. A bachelor's degree in science.
33. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
34. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. With rapid movements.
39. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
40. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
41. Of uncertain outcome.
43. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
46. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
48. A state in New England.
49. Remove gas from.
55. Separate by avulsion.
57. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
59. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
61. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
63. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
64. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
68. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
69. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
72. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
73. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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