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1. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
4. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937).
12. Remaining after all deductions.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. (anatomy) Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
19. Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
20. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
21. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
23. A quantity that is added.
25. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
27. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
30. Soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946).
32. Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.
35. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
36. (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
37. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
38. Any of various units of capacity.
42. An associate degree in nursing.
43. With one layer on top of another.
45. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
46. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
55. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
59. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
61. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
64. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
67. Great coolness and composure under strain.
69. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
71. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
72. The basic unit of money in Iran.
73. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
75. Water frozen in the solid state.
76. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
77. A resident of Idaho.
78. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
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1. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
2. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
3. United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962).
4. The time between occurrences of a repeating event.
5. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
10. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
11. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
12. Lacking definite form or limits.
13. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
14. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
22. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
24. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
26. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
28. Seed again or anew.
29. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
31. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
33. Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm.
34. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
41. The template for protein synthesis.
44. The range within which a voice can be heard.
48. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
51. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
52. Mostly tropical songbird.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
56. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
58. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
60. The capital of Western Samoa.
62. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
63. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
65. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
66. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
68. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
70. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
74. A public promotion of some product or service.
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