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1. Unusually short.
5. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
12. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
15. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
16. A city and port in northern Jutland.
17. Seed of a pea plant.
18. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.
20. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
21. A farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater.
23. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
24. An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus).
26. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
27. 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.
29. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
32. A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey.
36. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
40. Related on the mother's side.
41. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
42. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
46. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
47. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
49. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
50. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
53. A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt.
55. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
58. Male turkey.
60. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
62. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. Before noon.
64. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.
71. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
72. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
77. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol.
79. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
80. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
81. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.
82. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
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1. Any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline).
2. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
3. An instinctive motive.
4. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end.
5. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
8. In bed.
9. A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River.
10. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
11. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
12. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
13. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
22. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
25. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. The residue that remains when something is burned.
31. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. The quantity that can be held in the lap.
34. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
35. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
37. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. 36th President of the United States.
44. An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.
45. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
51. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
52. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
54. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
56. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
57. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated.
59. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
66. A Loloish language.
67. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
68. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
69. An Eskimo hut.
70. Set down according to a plan.
73. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
74. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
78. The fifth day of the week.
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