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1. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
4. An authority with power to approve.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
16. A musical composition in several movements.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. Used of solutions.
20. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
24. The act of ceding.
27. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
28. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. Offering little or no hope.
33. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
36. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
38. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
43. In bed.
46. Informal terms for a mother.
47. Fallow deer.
50. Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head.
52. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
54. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
55. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
56. In or of the present month.
60. Short and fat.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Immeasurably small.
72. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
75. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
76. The fatty flesh of eel.
77. Draw more money from than is available.
78. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
5. The foot of a human being.
6. A graph representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics.
7. No longer active in your work or profession.
8. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
9. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
10. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
11. A state of abeyance or suspended business.
12. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
13. A meson produced as the result of high-energy particle collision.
14. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
22. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
25. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A city and port in northern Jutland.
30. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
35. Submerged freshwater perennials.
37. The mother of Jesus.
39. The habitation of wild animals.
42. The sacred city of Lamaism.
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A thrusting blow with a knife.
53. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
57. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
58. The first light of day.
59. American dwarf fan palms.
61. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
63. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
65. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo.
66. A Loloish language.
67. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
69. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
71. Informal terms for the mouth.
73. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
74. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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