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1. Young sheep.
5. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
12. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
17. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
18. World's longest river (4187 miles).
19. Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
23. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
24. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Informal terms for the mouth.
31. A decree that prohibits something.
35. Being of use or service.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
41. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
42. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
45. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
46. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines.
51. An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
53. One of two alternative forms of a genes that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
55. Wearing footgear.
57. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
62. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
64. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
68. The holy city of Shiite Muslims.
70. A light touch or stroke.
71. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
72. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
73. With eagerness.
76. A passage with access only at one end.
77. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
78. Widely separated especially in space.
79. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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1. Primarily temporal sense.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
4. Offering little or no hope.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A port city in southwestern Iran.
7. A small piece of cloth.
8. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
9. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
10. The second day of the week.
11. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
12. People having the same social or economic status.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. A bluish shade of green.
22. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
29. Of or relating to of comprising atoms.
30. Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
32. A coarse obnoxious person.
33. The selling of something purchased.
34. Danish philologist (1846-1896).
36. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
37. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
40. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
43. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. In a state of sleep.
47. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
50. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
52. A genus of Paridae.
56. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
58. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
59. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
60. Filled with a great quantity.
61. A telegram sent abroad.
63. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
65. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
66. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
67. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
69. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
74. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
75. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
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