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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. The wanton killing of many people.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. Type genus of the Ascaphidae.
17. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
18. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
19. An underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
24. Half the width of an em.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. The capital and largest city of Norway.
40. Absent without permission.
41. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. The floating wreckage of a ship.
48. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers.
50. Before noon.
51. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. Being one more than ten.
56. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
61. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
63. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
65. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
67. At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship.
70. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Beside one another in a row or rank.
75. The sixth month of the civil year.
76. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
78. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
79. A narrow way or road.
80. Imperial moths.
81. Produced by a manufacturing process.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Middle-distance iron.
5. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
8. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
9. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
10. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
11. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
12. A human limb.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Divulge information or secrets.
22. A town in central Belgium.
25. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
27. The capital and largest city of Lithuania.
28. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799).
32. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
35. Type genus of the Corixidae.
36. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
39. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. The act of escaping physically.
44. God of wealth and love.
45. A large fleet.
47. A great raja.
49. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
54. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
55. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
57. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
59. A deep bow.
60. A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River.
62. English monk and scholar (672-735).
64. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
66. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
68. United States film maker (1896-1973).
69. Affectedly dainty or refined.
72. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
73. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
77. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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