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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Formed like a bacillus.
12. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Woolly aphids.
17. A former French coin of low denomination.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
22. A South American river.
24. Port city in southwestern Ireland.
26. A small foothold used in climbing.
28. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
29. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
30. Ludicrously odd.
33. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
37. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. Someone who takes notice.
42. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
45. Someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Marked by skill in deception.
50. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. An affirmative.
57. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
58. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
62. Mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits.
65. German statesman.
66. Look at with amorous intentions.
67. Deeply moved.
70. 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).
71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
75. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
76. Climbing salamanders.
77. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
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1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
2. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
3. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
5. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. A pass between mountain peaks.
8. Place or set apart.
9. A person skilled at symbolic logic.
10. Before noon.
11. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.
12. Out of bed.
13. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
14. A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place v 1.
19. An island in the south Pacific.
21. A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut).
23. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
25. A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Supporting yourself on your knees.
32. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
34. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
35. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
36. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
38. Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria.
39. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
47. Excessively fat.
48. Half the width of an em.
51. Of or relating to the spinal cord.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. Exultantly proud and joyful.
54. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
55. The act of damaging something or someone.
59. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
60. The brightest star in Cygnus.
61. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. Extremely robust.
68. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
69. A unit of pressure.
72. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
73. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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