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1. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
4. Lacking a centromere.
12. A light touch or stroke.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
20. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
22. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
24. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
27. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
35. The habitation of wild animals.
38. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
39. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
42. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
43. Provide evidence for.
45. Type genus of the Ranidae.
47. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
48. Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).
52. The square of a body of any size of type.
53. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
54. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
57. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
58. A young unmarried woman.
62. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
65. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
67. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
69. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
70. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
73. A port in southwestern Scotland.
74. Consistent with fact or reality.
75. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
76. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
4. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
7. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
9. Capital and largest city of Italy.
10. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
11. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
12. Mother goddess.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
28. A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug).
29. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
30. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
31. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
32. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
33. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.
36. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
37. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
40. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
41. Spider monkeys.
44. Someone who snores while sleeping.
50. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
51. A person who gives a name or names.
56. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
61. United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996).
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