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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. The state of being ripe.
17. The last (12th) month of the year.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
23. A characteristic sound.
25. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
27. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
29. Highly concentrated or intense.
30. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
34. A motley assortment of things.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
42. Take in solid food.
43. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
46. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
48. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
50. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
51. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance.
52. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
54. Hoop that covers a wheel.
56. Very small.
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. Being nine more than ninety.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Resembling a finger.
72. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
73. A genus of Carangidae.
74. A master's degree in business.
75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
76. (Babylonian) The chief Babylonian god.
77. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
4. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
9. The linear extent in space from one end to the other.
10. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
11. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
14. The act of scanning.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
22. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
24. Related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic.
26. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
28. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
31. Inflammation of the ileum.
32. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
33. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
35. Type genus of the Gavidae.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Informal terms for a mother.
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
40. An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city.
41. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
45. An acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border).
47. New Zealand conifer.
49. Loose or flaccid body fat.
53. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
55. Related on the mother's side.
61. In bed.
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
70. A slight amount or degree of difference.
71. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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