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1. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
4. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
11. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass.
17. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
18. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
19. Second brightest star in Perseus.
20. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
21. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
24. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
27. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
28. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
32. A place of worship that has its own altar.
36. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
39. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
40. The chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
41. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
44. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
45. Located inward.
47. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
49. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
57. A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin.
59. Relating to or characterized by basidia.
61. The capital of Croatia.
63. A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon.
67. American novelist (1909-1955).
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
73. The force of workers available.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
79. A great raja.
80. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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1. Something causes misery or death.
2. A notice of someone's death.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A person who vomits.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. A thrusting blow with a knife.
7. A person who owns or operates oil wells.
8. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
9. Type genus of the Elopidae.
10. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
11. A ray of sunlight.
12. Humble request for help.
13. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
14. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
23. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
25. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
26. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
29. Pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading.
30. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
31. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
33. Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936).
34. Render capable or able for some task.
35. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
37. A container.
38. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
43. Inability to walk.
46. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
48. Tropical African herbs.
51. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
53. A festival featuring African-American culture.
55. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
56. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
58. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
60. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
62. Advanced in years.
64. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
65. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
66. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
69. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
70. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
71. The month following March and preceding May.
74. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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