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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
16. Bubble shells.
17. The last (12th) month of the year.
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. An important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
27. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
31. Largest known toad species.
35. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
37. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
38. Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.
41. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
43. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
44. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
45. Find repugnant.
46. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
48. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
52. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
53. A drink credited with magical power.
55. South American cavy.
56. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
60. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
64. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
69. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
70. Covered with paving material.
73. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
74. A state of southwestern India.
75. Cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.
77. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
78. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
79. Impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to, as of some Greek wines.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. In an unnatural eery manner.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. Jordan's port.
6. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. Veloute sauce seasoned with herbs and shallots and capers.
11. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939).
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
24. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
28. Find repugnant.
29. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
30. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
32. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
33. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
34. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
36. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
39. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
40. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
49. Relating to or using sight.
50. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
51. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
59. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
61. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
62. Something causes misery or death.
63. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
65. Serving as or forming a base.
66. A quantity of no importance.
67. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
68. A Loloish language.
71. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
72. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
76. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
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