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1. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
5. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. Occupied or in the control of.
16. French philosopher and theologian.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
20. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. The father of your father or mother.
24. On the side away from the wind.
26. A port in southwestern Scotland.
27. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
28. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
30. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
35. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
40. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
41. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
43. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
45. Used of pens.
47. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
55. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit.
61. Press or grind with a crunching noise.
64. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
68. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
69. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
72. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
73. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
74. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
75. The bill in a restaurant.
76. Dearly loved.
77. Trade name for an oral contraceptive.
78. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. God of wealth and love.
2. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
3. Relating to or near the ulna.
4. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
5. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
10. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
11. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Someone whose business is advertising.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
29. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
31. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
32. In great numbers.
33. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
34. Skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends.
36. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
39. A state in northwestern North America.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A colorless liquid aldehyde.
49. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
50. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
51. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
52. In bed.
53. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
54. Having removed clothing.
57. Small very thin pancake.
58. A person who buys.
60. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. A person who possesses great material wealth.
65. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
66. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. Informal terms for a mother.
71. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
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