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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
11. Highly excited.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. God of wisdom or prophesy.
17. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
18. Jordan's port.
20. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
21. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. The capital of Bahrain.
24. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
27. A state in New England.
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
35. Small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers.
39. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
40. Using speech rather than writing.
42. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
50. British playwright (1911-1977).
52. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
54. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
55. Moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously especially by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground.
56. Not enough.
59. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
60. A state in the western United States.
61. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
65. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
68. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
72. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
75. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
76. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. An informal debt instrument.
81. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
82. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
83. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Used of a single unit or thing.
7. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
8. God of the underworld and judge of the dead.
9. A unit of subjective loudness.
10. Take in solid food.
11. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
12. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
13. Of or relating to near the ear.
14. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
19. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
23. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
25. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
28. Infinitely or immeasurably small.
30. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
32. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
33. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
34. A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. The fatty flesh of eel.
38. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
41. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
44. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
45. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
48. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
49. An endorsement.
51. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
53. Large strong hand (as of a fighter).
57. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
58. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
62. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
63. United States film maker (1897-1991).
64. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
69. A sudden short attack.
70. Very dark black.
71. Largest known toad species.
73. An accountant certified by the state.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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