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1. A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
5. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
12. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
16. The state of being under the control of another person.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. An informal conversation.
20. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
21. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
22. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
25. (Babylonian) The sky god.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
33. A city in northwest Texas south of Amarillo.
36. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966.
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
45. Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria.
48. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
50. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
52. Either extremity of something that has length.
53. A special loved one.
54. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Someone who admires a young woman.
61. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
66. Gain in value, as of a currency.
70. A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
72. Avatar of Vishnu.
73. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
75. The template for protein synthesis.
76. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
77. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
78. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. A slender double-reed instrument.
3. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
4. Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
5. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
9. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
10. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
13. A loud harsh or strident noise.
14. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
19. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
23. Any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.
24. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium.
32. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
34. An oil port in southern Iraq.
35. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
37. Indigo bush.
38. An active and efficient cause.
39. A partly sheltered anchorage.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Jet engine in which a turbine drives air to the burner.
47. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
51. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
55. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
57. The Creator.
60. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
62. The sixth month of the civil year.
63. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. A Russian river.
67. The Judeo-Christian God.
68. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
71. A person's brother or sister.
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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