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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
15. Liquid excretory product.
16. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The twelfth month of the civil year.
20. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
22. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
23. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
29. Affected manners intended to impress others.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. Feeling hunger.
41. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
44. At full speed.
45. Type genus of the Elopidae.
47. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
49. The capital and largest city of Japan.
50. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
52. Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips.
55. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
56. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
59. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
60. Little known Kamarupan languages.
63. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
66. An ideal instance.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
71. Adapt anew.
74. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
75. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
76. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
77. A notable achievement.
78. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
79. Informal terms for money.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
3. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
4. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
8. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
9. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
10. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
11. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. By bad luck.
14. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
21. (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed.
24. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
26. A branch of the Tai languages.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. The act of spending or disbursing money.
31. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
33. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
35. Oil palms.
36. Boas and pythons.
37. English poet and literary critic (1822-1888).
39. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
40. A beautiful and graceful girl.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. A genus of Carangidae.
51. Refresh one's memory.
53. Little known Kamarupan languages.
54. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
57. Give pleasure to.
58. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
61. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
62. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
64. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
65. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
67. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
73. How long something has existed.
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