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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
12. A periodic paperback publication.
15. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
16. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper.
17. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
18. Collect or gather.
20. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
22. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
26. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
28. Covered with beads of liquid.
29. Any object that radiates energy.
32. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
33. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
39. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
49. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
51. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
52. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
55. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
57. The face or front of a building.
59. Goddess of love and fecundity.
63. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
67. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
70. Gone by.
71. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
72. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas.
74. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
75. A unit of pressure.
76. Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor.
77. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
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1. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
2. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
3. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
4. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Australian clover fern.
9. Irritate or vex.
10. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
11. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
12. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
13. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
14. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
19. A deep bow.
21. At full speed.
23. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
24. Little known Kamarupan languages.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
31. A light fitful sleep.
34. Leave voluntarily.
35. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. Material used to daub walls.
37. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
38. The act of drawing or hauling something.
40. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
41. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
44. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
46. A person who makes (and sells) perfumes.
47. A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
53. A semiautomatic rifle.
54. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
56. Without qualification.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Desire strongly or persistently.
61. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
62. With a forward motion.
64. South African term for `boss'.
65. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
66. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
68. A strong emotion.
69. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
73. A state in east central United States.
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