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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages.
12. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
16. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
17. Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base.
18. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
22. A female ogre.
24. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
26. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
27. 3rd largest island in the world.
28. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
29. The chance to speak.
30. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
34. A three-year law degree.
41. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
42. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
45. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
46. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
48. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
51. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
52. A farewell remark.
53. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
54. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
58. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. The expensive white fur of the ermine.
63. A lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
68. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
71. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
72. The literary intelligentsia.
75. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
76. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
77. Associated with academia or an academy.
78. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
79. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
80. A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin.
81. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
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1. A deep pulsating type of pain.
2. A trade language widely used in Chad.
3. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
4. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
5. Of writing or narration.
6. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
7. The capital of Morocco.
8. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. In operation or operational.
11. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
13. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
14. Being five more than one hundred forty.
21. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
25. Lacking self-confidence.
31. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
32. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
33. A person of unquestioning obedience.
35. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
36. Unable to see.
37. Marked by the reception of pay.
38. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
39. Food for domestic livestock.
40. A soft silvery metallic element.
43. Make or become free of frost or ice.
44. State in northeastern India.
47. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
49. A jamb for a door.
50. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
55. Make richer.
57. The social science of municipal affairs.
60. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
62. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Cry plaintively.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
67. The capital and largest city of Japan.
69. A state in the western United States.
70. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
73. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
74. God of war and sky.
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