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1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
4. One of two official languages of Norway.
11. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
15. Take in solid food.
16. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
17. United States feminist (1885-1977).
18. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
20. Perfume esp. with a censer.
21. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
30. Constrict or bind or draw together.
34. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
38. A festival featuring African-American culture.
40. An engineering university in Cambridge.
41. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
42. A strong emotion.
43. Produce and discharge eggs.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh.
50. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
56. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
62. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
64. A rapid bustling commotion.
66. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
68. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
69. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
71. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
72. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
73. Having two feet.
75. (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.
76. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
77. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
78. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
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1. Flat tableland with steep edges.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Indicating the most important performer or role.
4. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
5. Not out.
6. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
7. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
8. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings.
9. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
10. Towards the side away from the wind.
11. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
19. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
24. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
26. Informal terms for your occupation.
28. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
29. The mints.
31. A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin.
32. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
33. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
35. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
36. Register formally.
37. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
39. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
44. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
45. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
46. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
48. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
51. Jordan's port.
54. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
55. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
57. (medicine) Chilly.
58. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
59. Lower in esteem.
60. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
61. A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure.
63. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
65. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
67. In bed.
70. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
74. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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