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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. (botany) Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow.
12. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Not close together in time.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide.
20. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
23. The sound made by a gentle blow.
24. Go on board.
26. Feel admiration for.
28. As follows.
29. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
32. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
34. A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc.
40. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
41. That is to say.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
48. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
49. A person who eats human flesh.
53. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
54. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
60. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
63. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
67. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
69. Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.
70. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
73. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
74. Catch sight of.
75. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people.
76. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
4. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
5. The sign language used in the United States.
6. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
7. British composer (1857-1934).
8. A clerk who marks data on a chart.
9. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology.
11. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
14. Full of trivial conversation.
22. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
25. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
27. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
30. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
31. Still in existence.
33. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
35. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
36. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
37. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
38. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
39. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion.
42. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. Situated in front of the anus.
45. Any plant of the genus Silene.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. In an exposed manner.
51. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
52. A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France.
55. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
59. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
61. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
62. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
64. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
65. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
66. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
68. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
71. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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