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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
5. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
16. Tasting sour like a lemon.
17. Cut off from a whole.
18. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
19. French physicist (1902-1984).
20. A rapid bustling commotion.
21. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
23. A branch of the Tai languages.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
26. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
31. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
32. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
36. The act of pausing uncertainly.
40. An accountant certified by the state.
41. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
43. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
44. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
50. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
54. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
59. Not in.
60. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
62. Lacking orderly continuity.
66. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
70. Being eight more than fifty.
71. The ending of a series or sequence.
74. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
75. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper.
79. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
80. Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
81. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
3. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
4. United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905- ).
5. Inquire about.
6. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
7. The capital of Tajikistan.
8. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
9. Resembling milk in color or cloudiness.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages.
12. A loud harsh or strident noise.
13. Any location known for vice and corruption.
14. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
22. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
25. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
27. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
29. An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
33. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
37. Forced to turn and face attackers.
38. Call forth.
39. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes.
42. A cgs unit of work or energy.
45. German mathematician (1804-1851).
47. Of or being the lowest female voice.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
55. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
56. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
57. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
58. A state in northwestern North America.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Report or maintain.
64. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
65. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
67. Characteristic of false pride.
68. The basic unit of money in Peru.
69. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
72. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
73. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
77. Half the width of an em.
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