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1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
12. The sign language used in the United States.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. British informal.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. African antelopes.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. An electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually.
39. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
40. An argument opposed to a proposal.
41. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
45. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
46. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
48. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
51. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
53. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
56. Performance by or technique of a pianist.
58. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
60. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
61. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
65. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
70. A cry or shout of approval.
71. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
72. Suffering from abulia.
75. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
76. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
77. (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) Small genus of widely distributed marine plants.
78. (British) Your grandmother.
79. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
80. Of or relating to the enteron.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
3. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. To fix or set securely or deeply.
8. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
9. The light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball.
10. Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling.
11. Inquire about.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. Of or like a cecum.
23. 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.
24. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
32. Type genus of the Caviidae.
33. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
34. Obvious and dull.
36. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
37. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
38. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
42. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
43. Short and fat.
44. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
47. Toward land.
52. Of or relating to the Sikhs or Sikhism.
54. Small or little relative to something else.
55. A vigorous blow.
57. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
59. Of or relating to or toward the cheek.
62. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A particular environment or walk of life.
66. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
67. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
68. Very dark black.
69. No longer in your possession or control.
73. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
74. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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