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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Pierced with with a pointed weapon.
11. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
15. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
16. A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
17. An industrial city is southeastern Austria.
18. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
20. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
21. Make use of.
22. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
24. English essayist (1775-1834).
26. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
31. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
35. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
36. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
37. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
43. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
44. A native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
48. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
50. Take in solid food.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Any connection is denied.
56. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
59. A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
60. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
61. Being eight more than fifty.
62. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
65. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
69. A explosive device used to break down a gate or wall.
70. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Be seated.
75. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
77. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
78. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
79. To a severe or serious degree.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Colloquial British abbreviation.
2. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
5. The second largest state.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States.
8. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
9. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
10. Some held in custody.
11. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
12. Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans.
13. 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.
14. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
19. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
23. Being four more than fifty.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
32. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
38. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
39. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
40. A geometric element that has position but no extension.
41. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
42. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. King of the Huns.
47. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
49. Solitaire with two players using separate packs.
51. Make solid or more solid.
53. Any plant of the genus Erica.
55. Pig iron containing manganese.
57. An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC.
58. Twist or braid together, interlace.
63. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
64. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. Very dark black.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
72. Water frozen in the solid state.
76. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
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