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1. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
4. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
12. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. (Greek mythology) The ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.
20. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
30. A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
31. Unknown god.
33. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
34. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
35. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
38. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Before noon.
43. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
46. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
48. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
51. A humorous anecdote or remark.
52. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
54. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
57. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
59. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
65. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
73. Filled with fear or apprehension.
75. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
76. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
79. Either extremity of something that has length.
80. God of the earth.
81. A star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth.
82. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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1. Taken or to be taken at random.
2. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
4. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
5. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
6. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
7. Cause to suffer.
8. A permanent council of the United Nations.
9. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. The residue that remains when something is burned.
12. A compact mass.
13. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. Read anew.
23. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
25. Lean end of the neck.
28. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
29. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
32. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
36. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
37. An iconic mental representation.
39. Make uniform.
41. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. Anything that covers or conceals.
45. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
47. American novelist (1909-1955).
49. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
50. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
53. A genus of Platalea.
55. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
56. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
58. A baby bed with sides and rockers.
61. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
63. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
64. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
66. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
67. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
68. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
70. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
72. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
74. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
77. An associate degree in nursing.
78. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
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