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1. Botfly larva.
4. An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. A local computer network for communication between computers.
22. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
24. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
26. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
28. The state that precedes vomiting.
30. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
33. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
35. A strong cord v 1.
37. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
41. Little known Kamarupan languages.
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. A person who dissents from some established policy.
45. A periodic paperback publication.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
49. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
51. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
54. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
55. A genus of Sterninae.
57. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
62. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
65. United States writer of children's books (1904-1991).
69. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
70. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
71. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. Stalk of a moss capsule.
75. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
77. Nearly cosmopolitan family.
79. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
80. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
81. A festival featuring African-American culture.
82. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
4. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
6. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
7. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
8. A sharply directional antenna.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
11. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
12. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
13. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. Light teasing repartee.
23. Crash together with violent impact.
25. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
32. A final climactic stage.
34. A slender double-reed instrument.
36. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
38. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
39. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
40. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
44. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape.
50. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
52. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
53. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
56. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
58. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
60. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
63. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
64. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
66. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
67. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
68. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
72. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
73. The cry made by sheep.
76. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
78. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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