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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. (Italian) The proprietor of an inn.
12. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
19. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
20. Aroused to impatience or anger.
21. A genus of Indriidae.
23. North African gerbils.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. A man who serves as a sailor.
27. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
30. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
32. Chief port of Yemen.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
40. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
43. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
44. A herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops).
47. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. A knife used as a weapon.
50. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
51. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
53. A socially awkward or tactless act.
56. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
57. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
58. (British slang) Cafe.
60. The act of grasping.
61. Depressing in character or appearance.
62. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
64. Having three dimensions.
67. A manner of performance.
69. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
74. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
78. The month following February and preceding April.
79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
80. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
82. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
83. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
84. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
4. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants.
7. French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917).
8. A European river.
9. (British) "use your noddle".
10. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
11. The 3rd planet from the sun.
12. Big-eyed scad.
13. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
14. An informal term for a father.
22. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
26. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
28. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube.
34. A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi.
35. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
37. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
41. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
42. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
45. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
46. Being nine more than ninety.
49. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
54. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
55. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
59. Felt hat with a creased crown.
63. A source of danger.
65. Beyond what is natural.
66. South African term for `boss'.
68. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
70. Type genus of the Amiidae.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. An accountant certified by the state.
76. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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