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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Finnish composer (1865-1957).
12. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
15. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
16. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
17. Strike suddenly and with force.
18. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
19. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system.
20. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
21. Jordan's port.
23. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
27. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. The production of young from an egg.
39. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. English monk and scholar (672-735).
44. Slightly wet.
45. Read anew.
48. A radioactive transuranic element.
49. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
51. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
52. The father of your father or mother.
54. A state of commotion and loud confused noise.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
62. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
63. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. An associate degree in applied science.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
80. How long something has existed.
81. A long slender cigar.
82. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
4. Make crunching noises.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. A bachelor's degree in literature.
7. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
8. The basic unit of money on Malta.
9. Not close together in time.
10. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
22. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.
25. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
28. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
30. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
32. A branch of the Tai languages.
33. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
34. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
36. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
40. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. Largest known toad species.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
50. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
53. Deliberately impassive in manner.
55. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
58. Be on one's guard.
59. Out of fashion.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
64. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
67. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
69. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
71. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. Of southern Europe.
74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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