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1. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
4. The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.
17. A form of address for a married woman.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Muscular and heavily built.
20. Being three more than ninety.
22. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
26. A city of central China.
27. One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
29. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. Two items of the same kind.
33. The short weak cry of a young bird.
36. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
38. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
40. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
42. Used of locations.
44. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
48. Take in solid food.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
53. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
56. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
58. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
59. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
63. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
70. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
71. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
73. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
74. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
79. A branch of the Tai languages.
80. A blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale).
81. Step on it.
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1. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
2. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
3. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
4. An uproarious party.
5. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
6. A European river.
7. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
8. Ensure observance of laws and rules.
9. A negative.
10. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
11. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
12. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
13. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
14. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
21. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
23. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
24. A heathen (especially a Muslim).
25. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
28. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
30. The face or front of a building.
32. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
34. Make or cause to be or to become.
35. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar.
37. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
39. Of a pale purple color.
41. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
43. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
45. Mongolian wild ass.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
47. Give over.
50. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
52. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
54. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
55. 16 ounces.
57. Water frozen in the solid state.
61. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
62. Posing no difficulty.
64. The Judeo-Christian God.
65. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
66. Being two more than forty.
67. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
68. Little known Kamarupan languages.
69. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
72. A human limb.
76. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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