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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
16. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
23. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
25. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
31. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
35. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
38. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
40. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
41. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
43. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
44. Largest crested screamer.
48. A resource.
49. Of or relating to or involving an area.
50. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
51. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
53. Informal terms for money.
55. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
60. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
71. A master's degree in business.
72. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
73. Basically shredded cabbage.
74. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
75. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
76. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A disreputable vagrant.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. The shape of something rotating rapidly.
4. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
5. A primeval personification of air and breath.
6. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
7. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
8. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
9. In or of the month preceding the present one.
10. A share of something.
11. Of or belonging to an aecium.
12. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
13. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
14. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
24. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
26. Being one more than two.
27. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
30. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
32. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
33. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
34. A partly sheltered anchorage.
36. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
37. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
46. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
47. Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957).
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
57. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. A city in northern India.
62. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
63. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
64. The eighth month of the civil year.
67. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
68. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
69. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
70. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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