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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. City in central Iran.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Someone who reasons logically.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. The fatty flesh of eel.
19. Point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.
20. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
28. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
41. Light in a transparent protective case.
43. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
45. Accord or comport with.
47. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
48. An accountant certified by the state.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
51. Of parents and children.
54. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
56. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
58. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
60. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
61. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
63. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).
64. On or toward the lee.
65. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
67. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
70. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
72. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
76. A kind of person.
77. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. A column of light (as from a beacon).
81. A great raja.
82. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
4. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
5. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
6. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
7. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
8. A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window.
9. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
10. The sound made by a horse.
11. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. Common Indian weaverbird.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. The state of owing money.
27. Any of various units of capacity.
29. Inflammation of the spinal cord.
32. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
34. Something of small importance.
35. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
42. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. 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.
50. Testacean rhizopods.
52. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
53. (prefix) Across or crossing or on the opposite side.
55. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
57. Offensively bold.
59. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
62. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
66. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
73. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
74. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
75. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
78. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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