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1. An associate degree in applied science.
4. A long-handled saw with a curved blade.
12. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
15. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
16. Causing envy.
17. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
18. The longest division of geological time.
19. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
20. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
21. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
23. In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
24. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
26. Type genus of the Amiidae.
27. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
30. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
33. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
36. State in northeastern India.
39. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
43. A machine or person that adds.
44. American dwarf fan palms.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
46. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
50. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
51. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
55. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
57. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
59. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
61. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
62. A feeling of intense anger.
63. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
70. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A local computer network for communication between computers.
82. Take in solid food.
83. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
84. A doctor's degree in theology.
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1. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
2. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
3. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
4. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
5. Draw in by breathing.
6. Being six more than fifty.
7. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
8. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
9. Be obedient to.
10. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
11. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
12. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
13. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
14. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
22. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
25. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
28. By bad luck.
29. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
35. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
37. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
40. A game played with playing cards.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
49. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
52. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
53. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
54. United States feminist (born in 1934).
56. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
58. Informal terms for a mother.
60. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
64. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
69. God of death.
71. The handle of a sword or dagger.
72. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
73. An unofficial association of people or groups.
75. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
76. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. Being nine more than ninety.
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