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1. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
4. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
11. Common black European thrush.
15. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. Lasting through all time.
17. An elaborate song for solo voice.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
20. Large luxurious car.
21. A district of Manhattan.
23. False sabertoothed tigers.
25. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
27. A Russian river.
29. Minor or subordinate.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. An unforeseen obstacle.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
39. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
40. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
44. Lower in esteem.
47. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
49. The emotion of hate.
51. To a severe or serious degree.
52. A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1.
53. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
55. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
57. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
61. God of fire.
64. Not only so, but.
66. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
68. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
70. A feeling of self-respect and personal worth.
73. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
74. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
75. Evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia.
77. Very dark black.
78. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
79. A person who operates a farm.
80. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
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1. A state in the western United States.
2. 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).
3. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
4. French operatic composer (1799-1862).
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
8. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
9. Of or relating to the intima.
10. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
11. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
12. Capital of Armenia.
13. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
14. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
22. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
28. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
32. American poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
33. Express greetings upon meeting someone.
35. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
45. As if striking with slashing blows.
46. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
48. Relating to or characterized by chelation.
50. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
54. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
59. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
60. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
62. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
63. A quantity of no importance.
65. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
71. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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