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1. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
4. A propeller that rotates to push against air.
12. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. One thing at a time.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
19. A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
20. The sign language used in the United States.
21. Having or using only one filament.
23. Indigo bush.
25. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
26. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
28. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
30. Not widely known.
34. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
37. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
39. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
47. Resembling a flower petal.
50. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
52. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.
54. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
55. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
57. Treat with excessive indulgence.
59. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
61. Toward the mouth or oral region.
65. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
67. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
68. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
69. (Irish) The sea personified.
70. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
74. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
75. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
76. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
77. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle.
4. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
5. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
6. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
7. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
8. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
9. Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace.
10. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
11. A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.
12. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
13. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
22. A structure supporting or containing something.
24. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. Mix up or confuse.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. Tropical African herbs.
33. In a foreign country.
35. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
43. Bell magpies.
44. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
45. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
48. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
51. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
53. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
56. A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
58. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
60. A telephone connection.
62. Deeply moved.
63. A Loloish language.
64. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
66. An enclosed space.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
72. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
73. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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