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1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
4. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
11. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
15. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
16. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
18. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
20. A deity or nymph of the woods.
21. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
22. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
24. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
26. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. Rather small.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
35. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
40. Related on the mother's side.
42. The condition of having no arms.
46. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
49. Of or containing iridium.
52. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
54. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
63. Of or relating to near the ear.
65. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
69. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
70. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
73. A short composition for a solo instrument.
75. A proportion multiplied by 100.
76. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
77. One species.
79. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
80. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
81. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
82. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
2. Stalk of a moss capsule.
3. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
4. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
5. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
6. Confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons).
7. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
8. A column of light (as from a beacon).
9. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
10. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
11. In societies practicing shamanism.
12. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
13. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
23. Black tropical American cuckoo.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
30. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
32. A neutral middle vowel.
33. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
34. Satisfy (thirst).
37. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
43. Not widely known.
44. A particular environment or walk of life.
45. Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
50. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. Being nine more than forty.
56. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
57. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. Greek mythology.
61. Elk or moose.
62. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical.
64. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
66. A state in the western United States.
67. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
68. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
71. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
72. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
74. Take in solid food.
78. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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