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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Terrestrial carnivores.
12. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
15. A local computer network for communication between computers.
16. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
17. A Nilotic language.
18. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
20. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A man who is a stupid fool.
27. Remove the pins from.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A slight amount or degree of difference.
35. The shore of a sea or ocean.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
43. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
44. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
46. A treeless grassy plain.
48. Make reference to.
50. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
51. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
52. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
55. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
56. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
57. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
62. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
64. An unexpected slide.
67. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
71. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
72. Complacently or inanely foolish.
75. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
76. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
77. Any plant of the genus Silene.
79. Channel into a new direction.
80. English essayist (1775-1834).
81. Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.
82. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
5. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
6. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Informal terms for money.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. 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.
14. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
19. A roofing tile with a S-shape.
21. Lacking a visible order or organization.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
30. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
33. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
36. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
37. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
38. A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
39. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
41. Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A motley assortment of things.
49. Suggesting the horror of death and decay.
53. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
54. A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools.
58. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
59. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
61. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
63. A branch of the Tai languages.
65. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
66. A sudden numbing dread.
68. Type genus of the Amiidae.
69. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
70. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
73. Remaining after all deductions.
74. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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