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1. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
4. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
12. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
19. The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music.
20. Love intensely.
22. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
24. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
25. One of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers.
26. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
34. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
39. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
41. Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936).
43. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
45. Be in accord.
48. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
50. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
52. Informal terms for money.
53. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
56. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
63. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
66. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.
68. A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship.
70. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
71. A human limb.
72. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
74. A strong emotion.
75. The fatty flesh of eel.
76. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
77. Late time of life.
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1. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
2. The capital and largest city of France.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
6. A branch of the Tai languages.
7. American professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
8. Be compatible or in accordance with.
9. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Darkened with overcast.
12. Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar.
13. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
14. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
27. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
28. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
31. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
32. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
33. First in order of importance.
35. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
36. A means of serving.
37. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. A member of a Turkic people of NE Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin).
49. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
51. Relating to or associated with heat.
54. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
57. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
58. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
59. Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab n.
60. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
61. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
62. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
67. A human female who does housework.
69. An associate degree in applied science.
73. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
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