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1. A port in southwestern Scotland.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. (informal) Roused to anger.
19. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
20. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
21. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
23. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
24. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
26. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
28. The eleventh month of the civil year.
30. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A nation in northern North America.
40. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
41. An instinctive motive.
42. Having removed clothing.
43. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
46. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
47. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
55. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. Mountain quail of western United States.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A bachelor's degree in religion.
62. A French abbot.
63. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
71. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
75. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
76. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
77. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
79. A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color.
80. A primeval personification of air and breath.
81. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
82. English essayist (1775-1834).
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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
4. A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used.
5. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
6. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
7. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
8. Cause to grow thin or weak.
9. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
10. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
11. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
12. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
13. Related on the mother's side.
14. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
22. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
25. Administer an oil or ointment to.
27. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
29. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
31. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
35. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
37. At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship.
38. An informal term for a father.
39. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
44. A Russian river.
45. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
49. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
50. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
51. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
54. A native of ancient Troy.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
66. A thrusting blow with a knife.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
69. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
70. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
78. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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