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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. The animal order including amoebas.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. Surrounded by hostile forces.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A feeling of intense anger.
22. By bad luck.
24. In bed.
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
31. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
34. Fitting or appropriate and deserved.
37. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
40. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
44. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
45. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
46. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
48. A secret look.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. A stern-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major.
53. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
54. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
55. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
56. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
58. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
61. Cut the head of.
65. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
67. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
71. Not ever.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. The amount a salary is increased.
75. An affirmative.
76. Make famous for ever.
78. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
80. Of or relating to ground water.
81. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. One of the three Furies.
6. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
7. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
8. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
9. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
10. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
11. A public promotion of some product or service.
12. Being of the same opinion.
13. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
21. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
23. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. A decree that prohibits something.
28. Affording or marked by rest or repose.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
32. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
33. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
35. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
36. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
38. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
42. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
43. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
47. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug.
49. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
52. Very light colored.
57. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
59. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
60. Lower in esteem.
62. Expel from one's property.
63. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
64. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
66. Advanced in years.
68. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
69. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
70. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
73. Liveliness and energy.
77. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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