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1. Characteristic of a mob. 4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers. 12. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget. 15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all. 16. Lacking gonads. 17. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams. 18. Having leadership guidance. 19. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. 20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 22. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae. 24. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. 25. A state of northeastern India. 26. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia. 28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. 31. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 32. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World. 34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 36. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port. 40. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate. 44. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus. 45. Similar to the color of a ripe orange. 47. In bed. 50. (Irish) The sea personified. 51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 52. Informal terms for a (young) woman. 53. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 54. Capable of being added or added to. 57. Providing no shelter or sustenance. 59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 60. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally. 61. The state prevailing during the absence of war. 64. A river in western Thailand. 69. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children. 71. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous. 73. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse. 74. An American operation in World War I (1918). 76. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages. 77. Chief port of Yemen. 78. Give encouragement to. 79. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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1. A master's degree in library science. 2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 3. English monk and scholar (672-735). 4. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel. 5. A lizard of the family Agamidae. 6. Someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions. 7. Frogs, toads, tree toads. 8. A fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers. 9. The content of cognition. 10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 11. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico. 12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 13. An atom having a valence of one. 14. A loud harsh or strident noise. 21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984). 23. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1880-1954). 27. An informal term for a father. 29. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged. 30. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle. 33. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 35. Wearing or provided with clothing. 37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts. 38. The capital of Morocco. 39. Not in a state of sleep. 41. A garment that covers the head and face. 42. A port city in southwestern Iran. 43. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea. 46. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof. 48. Coming into existence. 49. Offering fun and gaiety. 55. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders. 56. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress. 58. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound. 62. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified. 63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 65. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers. 66. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo. 67. A Loloish language. 68. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. 70. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code. 72. The compass point midway between northeast and east. 75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.