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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Rigidly accurate.
17. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
18. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
19. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
20. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
22. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States.
24. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
25. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
26. Bringing death.
29. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
44. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
46. Ocean sunfishes.
49. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
50. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
51. Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation).
54. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
57. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
60. Type genus of the Amiidae.
62. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
70. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
71. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
74. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
75. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
76. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
78. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
79. A doctor's degree in education.
80. The act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument.
81. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
4. A large fleet.
5. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
6. God of fire.
7. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
8. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
9. Music performed for dancing the polka.
10. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
11. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
12. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
13. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
21. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
23. A republic in West Africa.
27. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
30. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
32. Soft creamy white cheese.
34. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
35. A loss of will power.
36. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
38. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
39. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
43. At or constituting a border or edge.
45. An engineering university in Cambridge.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
48. Of or relating to or characterized by covalence.
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
58. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
59. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
61. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
63. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
64. In bed.
65. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
66. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
67. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
68. The food served and eaten at one time.
69. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
72. The bill in a restaurant.
73. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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