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1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
4. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
20. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
22. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
26. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
28. Become dark or darker.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
34. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. No longer in your possession or control.
41. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Place or set apart.
45. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
47. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
48. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
49. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
53. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Toward the mouth or oral region.
66. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
70. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
72. A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals).
74. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
75. Considerate and solicitous care.
76. The process of initiating combustion.
78. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
79. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
80. Capable of being tamed.
81. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. The capital and largest city of Norway.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
7. Depressing in character or appearance.
8. Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641).
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. Unknown god.
12. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
13. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
14. A formal expression of praise.
19. A reformed prostitute.
21. The apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object.
23. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
24. The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
30. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
31. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
33. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
35. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
39. An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
40. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
50. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation.
56. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
63. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
65. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
67. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
68. Anything that serves as an enticement.
69. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
77. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
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