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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
12. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
15. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
16. Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes.
17. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
22. In a stylish manner.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. Relating to the Urdu language.
27. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
28. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.
33. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
34. (of meat) Cooked by dry heat in an oven.
35. The shore of a lake.
40. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
43. Being two more than fifty.
44. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
49. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back.
52. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
54. (astronomy) The point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited.
56. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
57. English architect (1746-1813).
59. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
62. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
64. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
68. The month following March and preceding May.
72. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
73. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
74. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
76. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
77. A small tessera.
78. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
6. A New England state.
7. An Asian river.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
9. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. Experiencing motion sickness.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. Sour or bitter in taste.
13. Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces.
14. Native to eastern Asia.
19. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
21. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk.
23. Having the slant of a bevel.
24. A contestant who loses the contest.
29. A city in northwestern Syria.
31. A small measure (usually of food).
32. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
38. Deciduous shrub of North America.
39. Being one more than seven.
41. A city in northwestern Turkey.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record).
47. A tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
48. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
50. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
51. Ancient Persian god of light and truth.
53. The cry made by sheep.
55. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
58. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
60. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
65. Type genus of the Amiidae.
66. South African term for `boss'.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
70. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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