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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
17. A state of southwestern India.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.
20. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
22. Porridge made of rolled oats.
24. (Christianity) Saved from the bondage of sin.
26. Being one more than fifty.
27. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
29. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
44. An associate degree in nursing.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A passage with access only at one end.
48. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
50. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
53. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
59. The largest city and former capital of Turkey.
61. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
64. The fifth day of the week.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
72. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.
74. How long something has existed.
75. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
76. Of a cask or barrel.
78. Considerate and solicitous care.
79. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
80. A festival featuring African-American culture.
81. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
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1. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
2. An island of central Hawaii.
3. Singing jazz.
4. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
5. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
6. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
7. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
8. Heard through another rather than directly.
9. Muslim name for God.
10. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
11. Informal terms for a meal.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
21. A populous province in northeastern China.
23. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
25. A river in Germany.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
33. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
38. A Russian river.
39. Sour or bitter in taste.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
43. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
45. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
49. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
51. A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place).
52. The Teutonic god of thunder.
56. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
57. A tributary of the Ohio River.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. A city in central southwestern Iran.
62. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933).
63. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
68. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
69. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
73. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
77. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
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