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1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish.
11. The small projection of a mammary gland.
15. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
16. United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899).
17. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Dark brownish to purplish red.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. The compass point that is one point west of northwest.
24. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
25. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
27. A group of islands in the West Indies.
30. One million periods per second.
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
33. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
42. An island of central Hawaii.
44. A negative.
45. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
47. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
48. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
52. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
57. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
59. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
60. A state in northwestern North America.
62. Conforming to truth.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
76. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
77. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
78. Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy.
80. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
81. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
82. A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut).
83. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. The father of your father or mother.
6. A woman aviator.
7. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
8. A person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage.
9. An electrically charged particle.
10. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
11. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
12. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
13. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
14. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
20. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
22. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
26. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
29. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
31. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
37. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
39. At full speed.
40. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
41. A battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690.
43. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. Wearing or provided with clothing.
49. By bad luck.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
54. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
56. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
58. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
61. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. A wine bottle made of leather.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
67. Your friends and acquaintances.
68. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
69. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
70. Informal terms for money.
71. The basic unit of money in Peru.
73. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
74. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
75. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
79. Being one more than one.
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