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1. Not divisible by two.
4. A battle during the American Revolutionary War (1777).
12. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
15. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
19. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
20. A humorous anecdote or remark.
21. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
23. The Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam people in central India.
25. Covered with paving material.
29. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
33. A Loloish language.
36. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
37. To fix or set securely or deeply.
39. Having relatively few calories.
40. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
43. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
50. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
53. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. A severe or trying experience.
59. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
63. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
67. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
68. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
69. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
70. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
74. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
75. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. A yearning for something or to do something.
79. Shaped like a star.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
7. A primeval personification of air and breath.
8. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
9. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
10. Seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.
11. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
12. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
22. The capital of Morocco.
24. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
26. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
27. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
28. 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.
30. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
31. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
32. Someone whose business is advertising.
34. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.
35. Heal or recover.
38. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. A doctor's degree in education.
48. The cry made by sheep.
51. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
52. Compare critically.
54. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
57. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
58. Informal terms for money.
60. Suggestive of the supernatural.
61. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
62. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
64. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
71. Seed of a pea plant.
72. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
73. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
76. Being one more than one.
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