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1. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. South American caracara.
12. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
19. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
20. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
21. Squirrel monkeys.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. Squash bugs.
27. Suggestive of the supernatural.
29. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
32. The airforce of Great Britain.
35. A disposition to be humble.
37. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
39. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
40. A Loloish language.
43. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
44. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
47. Bulldog ants.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
52. A state in midwestern United States.
53. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
57. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
61. A radioactive transuranic element.
63. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
64. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
68. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
72. Wool of the alpaca.
74. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
75. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
76. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
79. Not easy.
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
81. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
82. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
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1. Family based on male descent.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
4. Relating to or resembling a carina.
5. The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
6. Visit again.
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
9. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
10. A holding device.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A notable achievement.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
22. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
24. Having two faces or fronts.
26. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
28. A small piece of cloth.
30. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. A widely distributed rock-forming feldspar.
34. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
36. The cause or intention underlying an action or situation esp in the phrase "the whys and wherefores".
38. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
41. Before noon.
42. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
45. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
46. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
48. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
56. A master's degree in business.
58. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
59. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
60. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
66. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
67. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
69. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
70. Common black European thrush.
71. English monk and scholar (672-735).
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. Being one more than one hundred.
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