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1. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
4. Divided into two lobes.
12. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
15. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
16. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
17. The fatty flesh of eel.
18. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
19. Having no known beginning and presumably no end.
20. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
21. A city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border.
23. Ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos).
25. Something hard to endure.
26. A player in a band (especially a military band).
28. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
30. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
34. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
38. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
42. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
44. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. Type genus of the Hirundinidae.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. The month following October and preceding December.
52. Inject into the vein.
53. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
56. Any handsome young man.
57. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
59. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
61. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
63. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
68. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
70. Any plant of the genus Erica.
71. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. A resource.
75. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
76. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
77. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Gather, as of as crops.
3. A flag that shows its nationality.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
6. Situated at or extending to the side.
7. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
8. Divided into two lobes.
9. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
10. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
11. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
12. A domain in which something is dominant.
13. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
14. Free from dirt or impurities.
22. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria.
24. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
27. A deficiency of red blood cells.
29. (nautical) Of an anchor.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
36. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
37. A pair of people who live together.
39. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
40. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
41. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
43. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
46. Pass beyond.
47. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
48. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
49. An indistinct shapeless form.
54. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
55. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
58. The place where some action occurs.
60. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
62. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
64. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
65. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. An informal term for a father.
69. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
73. An associate degree in nursing.
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