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1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
15. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
16. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
17. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
18. A biter who takes dainty repeated bites.
20. The fifth day of the week.
21. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
24. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
26. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
27. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
29. (botany) Of some seeds.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
33. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
37. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
41. Someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation.
43. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
44. A master's degree in business.
47. A dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays.
50. An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
51. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
52. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
54. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
55. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
57. An associate degree in applied science.
60. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
67. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
70. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Send out rays or waves.
75. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
76. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
77. The father of your father or mother.
78. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
79. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
80. A high place.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally.
2. A farewell remark.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
5. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
8. New World chats.
9. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
10. A state in northwestern North America.
11. Suggestive of the supernatural.
12. Type genus of the Apidae.
13. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
14. The act of scanning.
19. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
22. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
25. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
28. The sensation caused by heat energy.
30. A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.
34. English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827).
35. (Greek mythology) The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris.
36. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
38. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
39. A city in north-central India.
40. An awkward stupid person.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. (especially of limbs or tail) Waving or swinging about vigorously.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
58. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
59. Rub elbows with.
61. A borough in Scotland.
62. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
63. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
64. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
73. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
74. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
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