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1. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
5. Shape anew or differently.
12. A light touch or stroke.
15. The muscular back part of the shank.
16. Type genus of the Adelgidae.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
20. Kauri pine.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
27. Someone waiting in concealment.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
32. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
33. An unforeseen obstacle.
34. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
44. Being one more than two.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
52. Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
53. A concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section.
55. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
57. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
60. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
61. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
62. Adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
65. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
69. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
72. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
73. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground.
74. Especially of some bacteria.
75. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
76. One or some or every or all without specification.
77. Carotenoid that makes tomatoes red.
78. Type genus of the Muridae.
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1. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
2. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
11. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
12. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
13. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
14. An oil port in southern Iraq.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A date.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
26. An island of central Hawaii.
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
36. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
37. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
40. Make less active or intense.
41. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
43. (anatomy) Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
47. An indirect suggestion.
48. Capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
49. The act of scanning.
50. A dress crepe.
51. Make children.
54. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
56. Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
58. Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
59. Resembling swine.
63. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
64. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
66. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
68. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
70. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
71. A strong emotion.
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