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1. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
4. A cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling.
12. The money risked on a gamble.
15. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
16. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
17. (Babylonian) The sky god.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A gliding or sliding step in ballet.
20. The sign language used in the United States.
21. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
23. Be a mystery or bewildering to.
25. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
26. A proud stiff pompous gait.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
38. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
41. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
47. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people.
52. Someone who has had a limb removed by amputation.
54. Type genus of the Garrulinae.
55. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
56. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
58. Made of fir or pine.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
61. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
63. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
65. By bad luck.
69. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
74. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
77. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. Somewhat steep.
81. A light touch or stroke.
82. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
83. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
2. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
3. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
4. Stubbornly unyielding.
5. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
6. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
7. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
8. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
11. A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
14. A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river.
22. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
24. Seed of a pea plant.
27. A motley assortment of things.
32. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
34. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
35. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
36. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
37. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
39. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
40. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
42. Located farther aft.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages.
51. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
53. An edict of the Russian tsar.
57. Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia.
62. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
64. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
66. A narrow way or road.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
73. Inquire about.
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 federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
80. Half the width of an em.
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