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1. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
5. Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
16. The most direct route.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. The successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely.
20. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. Black tropical American cuckoo.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball v 1.
28. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
29. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
30. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
34. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
37. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
43. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
46. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
49. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
50. Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
51. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
53. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
54. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
57. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
58. Half the width of an em.
59. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
62. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
67. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
70. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
73. Used of a single unit or thing.
74. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
76. Clean or orderly.
77. A doctor's degree in education.
78. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
3. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
4. The month following July and preceding September.
5. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
6. 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.
7. Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes.
8. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus.
9. Any plant of the genus Tithonia.
10. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
23. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
24. A large fleet.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
32. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
33. An authoritative person who divines the future.
35. Relieve from military service.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
41. A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions.
42. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
44. A person to whom money is paid.
45. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
47. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
48. Iranian religious leader of the Shiites.
52. Little known Kamarupan languages.
55. A motley assortment of things.
56. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. Greek mythology.
63. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
64. Advanced in years.
65. The twelfth month of the civil year.
66. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
68. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
69. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
71. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
72. An enclosed space.
75. A state in midwestern United States.
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