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1. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A boy or man.
15. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
16. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
19. The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light.
20. State in northeastern India.
22. Robbery at gunpoint.
24. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
26. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. Someone who causes the death of a person or animal.
41. The capital and largest city of Japan.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. The month following February and preceding April.
45. Explorer and United States naval officer.
47. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. Whiten with Blanco.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
56. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
57. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
59. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
63. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
72. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
73. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
75. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
76. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
77. Causing to fall into line or into position.
78. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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1. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
2. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
3. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
4. A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor).
5. An informal term for a father.
6. The products of human creativity.
7. A sudden short attack.
8. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
9. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. A Loloish language.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Fallow deer.
21. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
23. Made of fir or pine.
25. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
27. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
28. The basic unit of money in Macao.
30. Any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers.
32. Someone whose business is advertising.
33. Largest crested screamer.
34. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
36. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
37. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
40. A white trivalent metallic element.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
48. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
50. An artificial language.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
58. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
60. A genus of Indriidae.
61. Of or relating to a hair.
62. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
64. Very dark black.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
68. A flexible container with a single opening.
69. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
70. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
74. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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