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1. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
4. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes.
12. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. (informal) Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. To patch up or renovate.
20. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
21. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
22. A projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
40. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
43. Term of address for a man.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. Wool of the alpaca.
48. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
51. A form of address for a man.
53. A character set that includes letters.
55. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
56. Improper or excessive use.
57. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
59. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
60. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
69. Dressed in a tuxedo.
71. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
72. The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
75. Any loose flowing garment.
76. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. Of or relating to the enteron.
78. Type genus of the Anatidae.
79. A doctor's degree in education.
80. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Unpleasantly stern.
2. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
3. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
4. The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.
5. Tell or deposit (information) knowledge.
6. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
7. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
8. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
9. A loose cloak with a hood.
10. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
11. A major French river.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
14. A genus of Pyralidae.
19. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
23. Gracefully slender.
25. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Extremely pleasing.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
34. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
36. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
37. When two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'.
39. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
41. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. An honorary arts degree.
47. Any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone.
49. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
50. Someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation.
52. An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
54. United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955).
58. Of or concerning Qatar.
62. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
63. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
67. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
68. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
70. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
73. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
74. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
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