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3 letters

DYE
Color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

NAP
Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

VER

4 letters

GENE
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

UTES

TRIP
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

LAND
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

LANE
A well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

RUSH
Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

VOWS

PEER
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group

STAR
The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub

PLAY
The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

WHAT

FORT
A fortified defensive structure

AMAN

KNEE
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

MEAT
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

AYIA

5 letters

FORMS

MAIDS

STONE
United States architect (1902-1978)

TRIBE
A social division of (usually preliterate) people

CRAMP
A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

BRODY

LENDL
United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)

JAPAN
Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

ATILT
Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

SADAT
Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981)

6 letters

WILSON
Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

SEAGAL

7 letters

TWITTER
A series of chirps

MACHINE
A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

MERCURY
Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"

LAMPOON
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

TOOTSIE

WHATYOU

WINDSOR
A city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit

8 letters

THENIGHT

CONSTANT
A quantity that does not vary

THEAPPLE

ANDERSEN
A Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)

RELATIVE
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

9 letters

FORHITLER

CANTFINIS

TOMSEAVER

10 letters

SANTACLAUS
The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas

NINETYFIVE

BATTLESTAR

BRIDESHEAD

NEWORLEANS
A port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year

VIOLETSARE

THESOTWEED

CANYOUEVER

ARIVERRUNS

THEBIGBANG

THIRTYNINE

UNIVERSITY
A large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

BLACKBOARD
Sheet of slate; for writing with chalk

11 letters

COMMUNICATE
Transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

ALLAMERICAN

ENDINGINMAN

SWEETHEARTS

12 letters

CLOTHESHORSE
A framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying)

FASHIONPLATE
A plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress

BEAUBRUMMELL
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)

AMILLIONAIRE

THESPOTLIGHT

ENIMOGLLIDNA

13 letters

ONACALCULATOR

TURNTOSEEWORD

CANBEPRODUCED

FROMPOTASSIUM

NICKELANDIRON

GATHERSNOMOSS

TONEUNSTERNED

14 letters

PERFECTWEATHER

AWESOMESCENERY

WILLACCELERATE

ADMINISTRATION
The act of administering medication

15 letters

HEREISFAILURETO

WISHYOUWEREHERE

SIXTHSHEEPSSICK

REDEEMINGDEFECT

CHINESECALENDAR

LANESTOGOFASTER

THELANEONEWASIN

22 letters

ITMIGHTASWELLRAINUNTIL