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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
11. Being of delicate or slender build.
15. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
16. A state of equilibrium.
17. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
18. Any of various types of cabbage.
20. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
22. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
23. Not to be surpassed.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
26. Indicating the most important performer or role.
30. Enthusiastic approval.
33. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
39. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
44. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
46. A disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning.
48. Natural qualities or talents.
49. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
50. The act of scanning.
51. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
53. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. A stock exchange in New York.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. Affect with wonder.
70. Produced by a manufacturing process.
71. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
73. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
74. A primeval personification of air and breath.
75. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
76. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
3. The state of owing money.
4. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
9. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
10. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
11. The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium.
12. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
13. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
14. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
19. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
21. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
28. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.
29. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
31. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
32. Covered with paving material.
34. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
35. (trade mark) Yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads.
36. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
40. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
45. Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer.
47. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
52. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
55. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
56. Being ten more than eighty.
58. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
60. At a specific prior time.
62. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
65. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
67. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. Late time of life.
72. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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