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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
17. A city in the European part of Russia.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
21. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A beautiful and graceful girl.
25. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
28. 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.
30. Deep purplish red n 1.
36. Squash bugs.
38. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
40. American educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939).
42. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
43. Not in good physical or mental health.
44. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
45. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt).
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
52. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
57. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. Divulge information or secrets.
63. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
72. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. Noisy talk.
76. Tending to promote or preserve health.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. Expelled from home or country by authority.
81. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
6. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
7. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
13. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
14. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. The superior of a group of nuns.
24. In bed.
26. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
32. In a gay manner.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
35. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
37. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
39. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
41. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Jordan's port.
51. A French abbot.
54. An equal exchange.
55. Lustrous gray.
56. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica.
58. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
64. A genus of European owls.
66. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
67. An informal term for a father.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. A doctor's degree in theology.
71. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
73. (informal) Of the highest quality.
77. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
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