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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. In a greasy manner.
12. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
15. Fiddler crabs.
16. An ache localized in the back.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
20. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
21. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
23. The content of cognition.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Remove from memory or existence.
26. One million periods per second.
28. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
30. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
35. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.
36. Deserving a curse.
40. A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.
43. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. A police officer who investigates crimes.
46. Supporting yourself on your knees.
48. Enthusiastic approval.
49. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
51. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
54. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
55. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
56. Relating to or affecting the viscera.
60. A genus of Indriidae.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
70. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
71. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
74. A city in north-central India.
75. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
76. A simple type of jet engine.
78. Type genus of the Anatidae.
79. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
80. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
81. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
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1. Shrubby Japanese tree having pale pink blossoms.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.
4. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
5. Framework for holding objects.
6. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
9. Being nine more than ninety.
10. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
11. Capital of Armenia.
12. A stringed instrument of India.
13. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
14. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
19. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
22. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
27. An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts).
29. The highest level or degree attainable.
31. The capital of the state of Kansas.
32. A cunning or deceitful action or device.
33. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
34. An enclosed space.
37. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
38. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
39. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
41. Cultivated in temperate regions.
42. A populous province in northeastern China.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
50. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
52. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
53. By bad luck.
57. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
58. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
62. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
64. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
65. Similar or related in quality or character.
66. A Hindu prince or king in India.
67. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
69. A Loloish language.
72. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
73. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
77. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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