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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
16. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
17. Long and light rowing boat.
18. Being two more than fifty.
19. Very hard mineral used as an abrasive.
20. (Babylonian) The sky god.
21. The property of excessive fatness.
23. A public square with room for pedestrians.
25. A small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place.
26. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
28. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
29. On or toward the lee.
32. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
37. Characteristic of false pride.
39. A primeval personification of air and breath.
42. South American cavy.
44. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
45. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
46. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
47. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
53. French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673).
54. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
55. Obscene terms for female genitals.
56. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
58. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
73. Characteristic of a mob.
74. Sound with resonance.
76. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. The father of your father or mother.
79. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
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1. Muslim name for God.
2. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
3. Being eight more than fifty.
4. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude.
5. Not open or affording passage or access.
6. Noteworthy scarcity.
7. A genus of Strigidae.
8. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
9. Goddess of fate.
10. Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
11. Feel admiration for.
12. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
13. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
14. Largest known toad species.
22. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
24. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines.
31. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
33. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
34. Of or relating to the feet.
35. A trivial lie.
36. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
40. Sour or bitter in taste.
41. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
43. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
48. A city in Tuscany.
49. United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999).
50. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. Battle in World War I (1917).
57. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
60. Very dark black.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
65. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
66. A Loloish language.
67. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
70. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
71. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
72. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
75. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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