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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform.
11. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. (biology) Relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus.
17. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. Showing adoration.
20. To run away.
21. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
23. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. French tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699).
30. An organized body of related information.
33. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
34. The capital of Western Samoa.
35. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
38. A very light brown.
42. Seal with caulking.
46. An affirmative.
47. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
51. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
54. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
57. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
61. Jordan's port.
63. A state in north central United States.
65. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. An act of honor or courteous recognition.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. Written on a typewriter.
77. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
78. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
79. A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia.
81. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
82. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
83. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
84. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers.
7. A withered dryness.
8. Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food.
9. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
10. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
11. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
13. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
14. Slanderous defamation.
22. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. With rapid movements.
32. God of war and sky.
36. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
37. Beside one another in a row or rank.
39. Type genus of Cycadaceae.
40. A domain in which something is dominant.
41. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
43. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
44. European shad.
45. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
50. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
52. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
53. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
55. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
64. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
69. Soft creamy white cheese.
72. In addition.
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