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1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
4. A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
17. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
18. A region of southwestern France.
20. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
22. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
23. How long something has existed.
24. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
25. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
27. A cgs unit of work or energy.
28. (informal) Elegant and fashionable.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
34. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
36. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. Of the back half of a stage.
45. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. Informal terms for a mother.
49. A domain in which something is dominant.
50. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
54. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
56. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.
59. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
64. A large fleet.
69. A town in southwestern Idaho.
72. The act of mimicking.
73. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Extremely robust.
78. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
79. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
80. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
5. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
6. Shaped like a ring.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Any high mountain.
10. Any amazing or wonderful occurrence.
11. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
12. A large number or amount.
13. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
14. Full of seeds.
19. An indication of approved or superior status.
21. A woman who is engaged to be married.
26. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
30. Moderately warm.
32. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
37. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
39. Squash bugs.
40. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
41. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. Disposed of as useless.
52. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
58. A pin used to hold the tie in place.
60. United States writer (1871-1900).
61. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
62. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in east central Texas.
66. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
67. (Greek mythology) God of love.
68. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
70. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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