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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
12. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951).
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. Any of various plants of the genus Salvia.
20. An associate degree in nursing.
21. Smeared thickly.
22. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
25. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
31. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
33. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
45. 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.
47. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
49. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
51. Chief port of Yemen.
54. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
55. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
57. A town in southern Turkey.
60. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
61. A vast multitude.
62. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
64. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
66. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
70. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
72. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
73. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
77. (Irish) The sea personified.
78. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
79. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation.
80. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A fastener for a door or lid.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
4. A city of central China.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. A state in New England.
7. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
8. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
13. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
14. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. A stock or supply of foods.
23. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
30. Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981).
32. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
34. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
35. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
36. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
39. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
40. With dry humor.
41. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
48. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
50. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
52. A country on western coast of Africa.
53. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
56. Informal terms for money.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
63. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
65. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
67. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
68. In bed.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. An accountant certified by the state.
74. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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