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1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
4. Feeling great rapture or delight.
12. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
15. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
16. A monastery for lamas.
17. The act of using.
18. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
20. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
21. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
22. Type genus of the Polygalaceae.
24. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
26. A resident of Maine.
27. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
29. A bachelor's degree in science.
31. Closed with a lace.
32. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
36. Cause to be attached.
39. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. Grind together, of teeth.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
51. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
52. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
53. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
56. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
58. Render capable or able for some task.
62. Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
69. Estrangement from god.
70. Someone paddling a canoe.
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. Something that allows access (entry or exit).
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
77. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
78. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. South American caracara.
6. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
9. Abundantly filled with especially living things.
10. A strong emotion.
11. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
12. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
13. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
14. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
19. City in Sudan.
23. Towards the side away from the wind.
25. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
28. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
30. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
34. A variety of leafhopper.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
37. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
38. Chief port of Yemen.
42. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
43. Extremely robust.
45. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
47. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
49. Last of the seven canonical hours.
50. Become adolescent.
54. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
55. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
57. Chew the fat.
59. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
60. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
61. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
64. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
65. Having edges that are jagged from injury.
66. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
71. Used of a single unit or thing.
72. An informal term for a father.
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