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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
5. The grasses.
12. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
17. Black tropical American cuckoo.
18. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
19. The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound.
20. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
21. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
23. A meson produced as the result of high-energy particle collision.
25. A kiln for drying hops.
26. (of experimental animals) Raised under sterile conditions.
28. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
33. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
36. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
40. A loose dressing gown for women.
41. A rule for ending debate in a deliberative body.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Jordan's port.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. Plants having flowers in umbels.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
54. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
57. (literary) Spirited horse for state or war.
59. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. A lake in northwestern Russia.
68. Toward the mouth or oral region.
69. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
70. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
74. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
77. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the carbonyl group.
5. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
6. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
7. A city in northwestern Syria.
8. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
9. (prefix) Within.
10. Lacking gonads.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
13. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
14. Of a pale purple color.
22. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
24. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
27. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
29. Of or relating to the spleen.
30. Of or relating to alga.
31. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
32. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
34. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
35. The basic unit of money in Albania.
37. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
38. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
39. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
44. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
47. Excessively fat.
49. The content of cognition.
50. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
56. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
58. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
60. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
61. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
63. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A light touch or stroke.
71. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
72. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
73. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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