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1. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
5. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
11. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
15. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
16. By a small margin.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. Having made preparations.
19. Make less active or intense.
21. An honorary arts degree.
23. The eleventh month of the civil year.
24. Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs.
26. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
28. Of or relating to the aorta.
29. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
33. Lower in esteem.
39. Type genus of the Ranidae.
40. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
47. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
52. An associate degree in nursing.
53. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
54. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
55. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
57. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
58. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
60. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
64. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
68. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
69. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
77. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
78. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
79. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Having a long narrow cut.
4. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
8. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
9. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. In great numbers.
12. Choose and follow.
13. Type genus of the Gavidae.
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
20. Take by theft.
22. The specified day of the month.
25. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
27. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
31. (with `in') Guardianship over.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
35. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
37. Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness.
38. United States filmmaker (1902-1981).
41. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
42. A large fleet.
44. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
46. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
48. A New England state.
49. Adapt anew.
50. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
51. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
56. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
59. Jordan's port.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. A wound resulting from biting.
63. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
65. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
71. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
72. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
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