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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909).
12. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
15. Step on it.
16. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. (prefix) Half or partial.
20. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
22. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
24. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
28. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
34. Music composed for dancing the conga.
36. An oil port in southern Iraq.
40. Ludicrously odd.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
45. Type genus of the Percidae.
46. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
51. Anything that serves as an enticement.
53. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
56. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
58. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
59. (prefix) Within.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
63. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
64. Half the width of an em.
67. A public promotion of some product or service.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. A flask that holds spirits.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
80. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
81. A bachelor's degree in theology.
82. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
83. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
84. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
85. Converted into a gas or vapor.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
3. A West African language closely related to Fula.
4. A wound made by cutting.
5. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
6. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
7. Reverent petition to a deity.
8. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
9. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
10. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
11. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. One of the common people.
21. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
23. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
29. Informal terms for dogs.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
35. Squash bugs.
37. A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound.
38. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
39. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
41. An extended area of land.
42. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
54. Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries.
55. Bringing death.
57. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
61. As the agent of or on someone's part.
65. A decorative loop of braid or cord.
66. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
68. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
72. Largest known toad species.
74. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
75. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
76. God of love and erotic desire.
78. A cgs unit of work or energy.
79. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
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