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1. God of the earth.
4. Freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines.
12. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
17. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
18. The capital and largest city of Greece.
20. Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.
21. A master's degree in library science.
22. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
23. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
27. Small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.
30. No longer in force or use.
31. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
32. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. That is to say.
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
38. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
42. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
44. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
47. Offering fun and gaiety.
48. A rapid bustling commotion.
50. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
52. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
53. German historian noted for his history of Rome (1817-1903).
57. Used of idealized country life.
59. An informal debt instrument.
60. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
63. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
65. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
66. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
67. Unknown god.
68. Remote in manner.
70. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
76. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
78. A person forced to flee from home or country.
80. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
84. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
85. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
86. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
87. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
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1. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
2. An item inserted in a written record.
3. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
4. A decree that prohibits something.
5. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
8. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
9. Convert ordinary language into code.
10. Someone who admires a young woman.
11. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
12. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
13. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
14. (logic) A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning.
19. Tropical African herbs.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
28. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
29. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. Make anew.
37. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
39. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
40. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. A Finnish steam bath.
43. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
45. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
46. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
54. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
55. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
56. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
61. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
64. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart.
69. Belonging to some prior time.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
74. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
75. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
77. An accountant certified by the state.
79. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
82. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
83. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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