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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Any beetle of the genus Calosoma.
12. A decree that prohibits something.
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. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
19. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
20. Being one more than two.
21. European annual grown for forage.
23. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
28. Covered with a roof.
29. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963).
33. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
34. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
36. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
40. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
43. A feeling of intense anger.
44. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers.
45. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
46. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
51. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
55. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
56. Using speech rather than writing.
57. Cause to be embarrassed.
59. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
61. Not based upon or representing political parties.
64. A deep bow.
68. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
69. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
72. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
73. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
74. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
76. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
77. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
78. A festival featuring African-American culture.
79. Not divisible by two.
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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
2. Not only so, but.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
5. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
6. (biology) Rough to the touch.
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. (of speed) Having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level.
9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
10. Belonging to the modern era.
11. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
12. Of short duration or distance.
13. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
14. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
22. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
24. An oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
27. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
30. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
31. Small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear.
32. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
35. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
37. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
39. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
49. Sea otters.
50. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
52. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
58. Of a pale yellow color like straw.
60. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
62. Toward the mouth or oral region.
63. A student who studies excessively.
65. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
66. In bed.
67. A female domestic.
70. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
71. Informal terms for your occupation.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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