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1. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. Being four more than sixty.
16. Of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants).
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
20. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
23. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
24. A grant made by a law court.
26. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
28. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
30. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
34. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
38. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
42. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
43. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
44. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
46. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
49. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
50. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
51. Approaching a particular destination.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974).
56. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
58. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
60. Be in contradiction with.
63. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
67. Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners.
72. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
76. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
77. Direct opposite.
79. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
80. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
81. A great raja.
82. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
2. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
3. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
4. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
5. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. Mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves.
9. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
10. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Two-year-old sheep.
25. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
37. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
39. Of greater importance or stature or rank.
40. A radioactive transuranic element.
41. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
48. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
52. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
54. A city in east central Texas.
57. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
59. Ground snakes.
61. A genus of Lamnidae.
62. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
65. Being seven more than fifty.
66. Informal terms for a mother.
68. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
69. A Hindu prince or king in India.
70. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
71. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
73. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
74. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
78. The fifth day of the week.
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