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1. Enlarged prostate.
4. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae.
12. 10 grams.
15. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
16. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. A large fleet.
20. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey.
21. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
22. Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres.
23. A local computer network for communication between computers.
24. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. Practice venesection.
29. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
35. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
46. A bachelor's degree in religion.
47. An informal debt instrument.
48. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
52. A river in the east central United States.
55. A covered passageway.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
59. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
61. Informal terms for clothing.
65. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
70. Heat again.
73. Collect or gather.
74. Being six more than fifty.
75. A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone.
77. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
78. A slight amount or degree of difference.
79. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases.
80. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
2. Gold or silver wire thread.
3. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
8. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
9. A state in New England.
10. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. The event of being born.
12. The state of being unsure of something.
13. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
14. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
19. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
25. Sour or bitter in taste.
28. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
30. Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom.
33. In a foreign country.
34. The term during which some position is held.
36. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
37. Used in combination to denote the middle.
38. A board with the alphabet on it.
40. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
41. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
42. In addition.
43. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
45. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
49. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
50. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
51. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
53. A state in northwestern North America.
54. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
57. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
60. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
62. A sudden short attack.
63. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
64. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. Goddess of fertility.
68. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
71. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
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