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1. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
4. A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law.
12. How long something has existed.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
17. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
18. Humorously vulgar.
20. Great brightness.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
23. United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born 1912).
25. Prolific Flemish baroque painter.
27. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A genus of European owls.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers.
47. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
48. A resident of Kansas.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
55. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
56. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
60. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
61. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. The sign language used in the United States.
71. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
72. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
74. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
75. The month following March and preceding May.
76. A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site.
77. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. Found on a farm.
2. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A song that was formerly popular.
6. A state in the western United States.
7. Two-year-old sheep.
8. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
9. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
10. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
11. Forced to turn and face attackers.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
19. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
29. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
34. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
36. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
37. An audiotape recording of sound.
39. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
41. An island of central Hawaii.
42. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
44. A cravat with wide square ends.
45. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
46. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
51. In bed.
53. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
54. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
57. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
58. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
59. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
62. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. Advanced in years.
68. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
69. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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