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1. Not fake or counterfeit.
5. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
12. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
15. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
16. Growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
19. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
20. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
22. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
24. Declaim in an elocutionary manner.
26. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
28. Grind together, of teeth.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. Suggestive of the supernatural.
32. Climbing salamanders.
36. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
38. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
41. A floor covering.
42. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
45. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
47. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
50. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
52. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
53. One of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome.
57. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
59. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
60. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.
61. Informal terms for a meal.
63. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
70. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
74. Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
76. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
77. Noisy talk.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. A Spanish river.
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
4. Australian evergreen shrubs.
5. Included seven times in every 19 years.
6. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
7. Express or utter with a hiss.
8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
9. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
10. (combining form) Former.
11. (botany) Having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
12. A Loloish language.
13. Any of various small biting flies.
14. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
21. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
23. South American cavy.
25. A local computer network for communication between computers.
27. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
30. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
33. A periodical that summarizes the news.
34. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel.
35. A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
37. A city in north-central India.
39. A card game similar to ecarte.
40. On or toward the lee.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.
48. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
54. A medium for oil-paints.
55. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
56. Being one more than three.
58. Guinea fowl.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
65. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
66. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
67. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
71. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
75. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
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