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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Plants having flowers in umbels.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
19. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
24. Satisfy (thirst).
25. An awkward stupid person.
26. Someone who receives advice.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
31. Towards the side away from the wind.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
39. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
42. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
44. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
51. Backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back.
53. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
55. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
56. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
57. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
59. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
60. An honorary degree in science.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
65. 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.
70. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
77. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
78. Having leadership guidance.
79. An antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)) used to treat bacterial infections.
81. The basic unit of money in Iran.
82. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
83. Amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music.
4. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
5. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
6. Involving financial matters.
7. The face or front of a building.
8. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
9. A city in north-central India.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
12. Tropical Asian starlings.
13. A branch of the Tai languages.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
23. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. Included seven times in every 19 years.
28. (prefix) Half or partial.
30. American Sauk leader (1790-1848).
33. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. Gained or acquired.
35. The right to enter.
37. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. The capital of Morocco.
41. Designed for defense against armored vehicles.
43. A slender double-reed instrument.
47. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
50. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
52. A beckoning gesture.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
62. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
64. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
66. In bed.
67. A quantity of no importance.
68. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
69. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
72. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
75. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
76. A resource.
80. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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