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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Aromatic bark used as a spice.
12. Inquire about.
15. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
16. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Of persons.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. The capital of Bahrain.
23. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
25. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
27. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
29. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
31. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
32. A category in some early taxonomies.
36. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
39. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
44. A small lump or protuberance.
45. German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945).
47. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
51. Cast again, in a different role.
52. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
53. Praise, glorify, or honor.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
57. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
60. The wife of a sheik.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world.
69. A human limb.
70. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
72. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
73. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
77. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
78. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
79. Someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
3. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
4. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
5. Not established by conditioning or learning.
6. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
7. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
8. An amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella.
9. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
10. Of a leaf shape.
11. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
24. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
28. An unforeseen obstacle.
30. In truth (often tends to intensify).
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
34. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
35. To fix or set securely or deeply.
37. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
38. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
41. Ask for or request earnestly.
42. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
43. The content of cognition.
46. Offering fun and gaiety.
48. A midday meal.
49. Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience.
50. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
56. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
58. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
59. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
61. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
67. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
68. A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color.
71. A unit of pressure.
75. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
76. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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