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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
12. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
15. Being one more than two.
16. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
19. Room in which justice is administered according to the laws.
20. The habitation of wild animals.
21. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
23. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
25. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
26. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
27. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
34. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
42. A doctor's degree in education.
43. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
45. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
46. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
48. Writing board used on the lap as a table or desk.
52. Half the width of an em.
53. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
55. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
59. (Welsh myth) The other world.
61. General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments.
65. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
66. A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
69. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
72. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
73. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
74. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
75. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A Loloish language.
2. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
3. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
4. Music performed for dancing the polka.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Provide with new wiring.
7. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
8. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
9. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
10. Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
11. The products of human creativity.
12. A genus of Pyralidae.
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
22. State in northeastern India.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
29. The skin that covers the top of the head.
30. The back side of the neck.
31. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
32. A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems.
33. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
37. A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona.
38. A kind of literary or artistic work.
41. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
44. Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
50. Of legislation.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people.
54. A sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent.
56. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
57. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
58. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
60. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
62. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
63. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
64. An informal term for a father.
67. A strong emotion.
68. The month following January and preceding March.
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