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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
11. 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.
15. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
16. A British abbreviation.
17. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
20. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
22. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
24. Very light colored.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
27. A state in north central United States.
28. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
38. Used of a single unit or thing.
40. Enact or perform again.
42. A Nilotic language.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
45. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
47. A region in central Italy.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Being nine more than ninety.
53. A human limb.
54. Resembling a bladder.
56. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
59. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
60. United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
66. An island northwest of Wales.
68. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
71. A branch of the Tai languages.
72. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
76. A master's degree in business.
77. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
78. Appear again.
79. Tag the base runner to get him out.
80. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
81. Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
2. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The eleventh month of the civil year.
5. A decree that prohibits something.
6. Make secure by lashing.
7. City in central Iran.
8. The basic unit of money in Iran.
9. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
12. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
13. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
14. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
19. A blind god.
21. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
23. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960).
31. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
32. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
33. Suggestive of the supernatural.
35. A loud harsh or strident noise.
36. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
37. United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording.
39. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
41. Jordan's port.
44. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
48. Weapons considered collectively.
50. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
55. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
57. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
58. A deep red garnet used as a gemstone.
61. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
62. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
63. A genus of Lamnidae.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Jordan's port.
67. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
69. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
70. Humble in spirit or manner.
73. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
74. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
75. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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