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1. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
4. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
12. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
19. An amylase secreted in saliva.
21. Take in solid food.
22. A resident of Iowa.
24. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.
25. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
27. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
28. Consider an abstract concept to be real.
30. A deep prolonged loud noise.
34. A German machine gun.
39. Roman scholar (116-27 BC).
40. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
41. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
43. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. A British doctorate.
48. A hinged pair of curved iron bars.
51. Before noon.
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
57. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
59. A port city in southwestern Iran.
62. Sweet dark purple plum.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
65. Difficult to describe.
69. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
72. A negative.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. Of or relating to Austria or its people or culture.
76. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
77. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
78. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
79. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
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1. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. An established line of travel or access.
4. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
5. The capital and largest city of Cyprus.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Robbery on the high seas.
8. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
9. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
10. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
11. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
12. Disabled in the feet or legs.
13. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
14. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
20. Jordan's port.
23. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
26. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
29. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
31. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
32. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
33. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
35. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
38. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Large genus of tropical trees and shrubs.
47. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
49. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
50. The grasses.
52. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
58. An archaic term for a boundary.
60. Be in contradiction with.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
66. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
67. Characteristic of false pride.
68. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
70. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
71. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
75. A white trivalent metallic element.
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