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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
12. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. A strong emotion.
16. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
17. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
18. Important for human and animal food.
19. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.
20. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
21. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
22. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
23. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
29. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
30. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
33. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. Being one more than three.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
44. Inflammation of the ileum.
46. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
49. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
50. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A town in central Belgium.
57. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
59. Of a pale purple color.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. A reason for wanting something done.
68. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person.
71. The capital of Western Samoa.
72. A public promotion of some product or service.
73. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
74. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
77. The longest division of geological time.
78. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana people in Botswana.
79. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections.
4. A notice of someone's death.
5. Walks with regular or stately step.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart.
8. (Babylonian) The sky god.
9. A quantity of no importance.
10. Lacking gonads.
11. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
12. A yellow quartz.
13. Administer an oil or ointment to.
14. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
24. A Nilotic language.
26. Before noon.
28. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
31. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. A long narrow natural elevation or striation.
40. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
42. Languages spoken by hill tribes in northern Burma and neighboring areas.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).
48. In bed.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. A city in Veneto.
55. (usually in the plural) Pants for casual wear.
56. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
58. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
60. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
61. The fur of a rabbit.
63. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
65. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
70. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
75. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
76. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
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