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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus).
12. The sign language used in the United States.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (biology) A taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus).
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
19. Of or relating to a spectrum.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
25. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
27. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
28. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
30. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
32. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
35. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
39. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
40. The eleventh month of the civil year.
41. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
44. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
46. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. (electronics) Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
51. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
55. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
57. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
59. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
62. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
63. Warn in advance or beforehand.
66. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
69. The sixth month of the civil year.
70. A ray of moonlight.
73. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
74. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
77. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
78. Founder in 1629 of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665).
79. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
2. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
5. A decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game).
6. Used of a single unit or thing.
7. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
8. Cause to be attached.
9. Any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest).
10. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
11. The fatty flesh of eel.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. Any of various units of capacity.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
29. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
31. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. A native of ancient Troy.
34. In an avid manner.
36. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
37. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
38. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
42. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S..
43. Preserve of crushed fruit.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
52. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
53. Acutely insightful and wise.
54. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
56. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
58. Cast again, in a different role.
60. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
61. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
64. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
65. Type genus of the Ranidae.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
71. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
72. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
75. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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