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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
12. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Exercise that increases the need for oxygen.
17. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
18. A tall upright megalith.
20. Bar temporarily.
21. Step on it.
22. Of or relating to anions.
24. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
26. Blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever.
27. A populous province in northeastern China.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
31. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
33. Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab n.
36. A period of time spent sleeping.
39. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
42. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
43. English monk and scholar (672-735).
46. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
47. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
51. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
52. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
60. Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
63. Come to pass.
64. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
65. 1/10 gram.
66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
69. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
73. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
74. Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves.
77. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
78. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
79. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
2. A particular environment or walk of life.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
4. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
5. In an unnatural eery manner.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
8. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
9. Any long object resembling a thin line.
10. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
11. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
14. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
19. English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866).
23. A bluish shade of green.
25. (Greek mythology) The ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
35. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
37. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
38. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
40. A desert in southern Israel.
41. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
44. A conversation between two persons.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
48. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
49. A disorder of the glands of the body.
50. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
54. Flavored with sour orange peel.
55. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
56. Using speech rather than writing.
58. Being nine more than ninety.
59. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
61. Of or relating to or involving an area.
62. Small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead.
67. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
68. The highest level or degree attainable.
70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
71. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
72. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
75. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
76. Not out.
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