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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
17. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
21. Partially clothed.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. Covered with paving material.
31. Green turtles.
35. The ending of a series or sequence.
36. A Loloish language.
38. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
39. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
40. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
43. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. A garment that covers the head and face.
47. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
49. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
51. The sign language used in the United States.
54. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
55. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
61. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
62. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
69. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
74. A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
75. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
76. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
77. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
78. Not divisible by two.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A narrow way or road.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
5. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
6. A circular segment of a curve.
7. Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles.
8. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
9. A local computer network for communication between computers.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. Consisting of or made up of bone.
14. An elaborate song for solo voice.
20. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
22. An iconic mental representation.
23. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
25. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
26. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
28. Affect with wonder.
29. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
30. A woman of refinement.
32. Greek mythology.
33. Relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit.
34. Spider monkeys.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
42. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
44. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California.
48. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
50. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
52. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
53. (Old Testament) A youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).
56. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
57. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
58. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
59. Follower of Rastafarianism.
60. 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.
63. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
64. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
66. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
67. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
70. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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