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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. Discrimination against people who are overweight.
11. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
15. A yearning for something or to do something.
16. Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
17. A person who makes use of a thing.
18. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
20. A small natural hill.
21. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
22. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
23. Unknown god.
24. (plural) Hosts or armies.
26. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
29. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
31. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
35. Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. God of the earth.
44. A boy or man.
46. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
47. 16 ounces.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
51. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
55. German theologian and mystic (1260-1327).
57. In bed.
58. Make anew.
60. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979).
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. Obvious and dull.
66. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
69. A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon.
73. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
74. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
77. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
78. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
82. Black tropical American cuckoo.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. A great raja.
85. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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1. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
2. The short weak cry of a young bird.
3. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
4. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
7. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
9. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
10. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
11. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
12. A genus of European owls.
13. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
25. South African term for `boss'.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. Loud confused noise from many sources.
32. A square dance figure.
33. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
34. Having branches.
36. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
38. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
39. The income arising from land or other property.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. A coffin along with its stand.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
50. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
52. A city in central Illinois.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
56. A festival featuring African-American culture.
59. A Russian river.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
67. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
68. Offering fun and gaiety.
70. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
71. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
72. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
75. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
76. The month following March and preceding May.
79. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
80. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
81. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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