Crossword Puzzle Number 6748 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. Small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
17. The sound made by a gentle blow.
18. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
20. Be in contradiction with.
21. How long something has existed.
22. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
23. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
25. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
27. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
30. A French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries.
37. (of animals) Fully developed.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
39. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
40. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
41. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
44. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
46. (South African) An ear of corn.
48. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
51. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
52. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
55. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
58. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
59. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
63. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
66. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
69. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
72. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
74. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
77. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
78. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
80. A light touch or stroke.
81. An affirmative.
82. Lacking gonads.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
4. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
5. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
6. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
7. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
8. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
9. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
10. Being one more than two.
11. On or toward the lee.
12. A major god.
13. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
24. Two items of the same kind.
26. A bachelor's degree in theology.
28. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
31. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
32. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
33. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
35. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
36. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
42. A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.
43. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
45. A motley assortment of things.
47. 1 species.
49. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
50. Being of the age 13 through 19.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
60. Having winglike extensions.
61. Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
62. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
64. Squash bugs.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. A quantity that is added.
68. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
73. Call upon in supplication.
75. The fatty flesh of eel.
79. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.

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