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1. Type genus of the Suidae.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
17. An elaborate song for solo voice.
18. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
20. Something acquired without compensation.
21. A feeling of intense anger.
22. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
26. Extract the essence of something by boiling it.
28. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
30. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
31. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
35. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
38. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
43. A loud harsh or strident noise.
44. An African river.
45. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
50. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
51. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
52. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
53. Cause to become detached or separated.
57. Extremely robust.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. The cry made by sheep.
60. The compass point midway between west and northwest.
63. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
70. A squeaking sound.
71. A city in central New York.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
74. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
76. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
77. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
78. The capital of Turkey.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
2. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
3. Wood of a sumac.
4. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
5. Poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products.
6. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
7. City in central Iran.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
9. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
10. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
11. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
12. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
13. Used of the language of the deaf.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
19. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
24. Capital and largest city of Togo.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
29. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
32. A woman of refinement.
33. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
34. The capital of Bahrain.
36. Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears.
37. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
41. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
42. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
46. An atoll in the Marshall islands.
47. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
48. Beside one another in a row or rank.
49. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
54. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
55. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
56. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Type genus of the Percidae.
64. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
65. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
66. The basic unit of money in China.
67. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
68. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
69. A French abbot.
72. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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