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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. The wife or widow of a czar.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. Any high mountain.
16. Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur.
17. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
18. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
20. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (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.
24. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
36. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
38. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
40. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
42. Relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine).
43. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
45. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
46. An informal debt instrument.
49. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
50. A French abbot.
52. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. Adult female chicken.
55. A town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River.
58. In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera.
61. Closed with a lace.
63. Beyond what is natural.
64. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
67. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. Expel, as of gases and odors.
76. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
77. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
80. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
81. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
82. A festival featuring African-American culture.
83. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
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1. Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
2. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
3. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
4. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
5. 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.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A partly sheltered anchorage.
8. A small island.
9. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
11. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
12. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
14. Singing jazz.
19. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
23. In addition.
25. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. Before noon.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
32. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
34. Shaped like a dish.
35. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
37. The state of being unsure of something.
39. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
41. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
44. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.
47. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
48. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
51. Enthusiastic approval.
53. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
56. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
57. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
59. A white trivalent metallic element.
60. Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).
62. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
65. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
66. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
68. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. English monk and scholar (672-735).
72. A primeval personification of air and breath.
74. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. A state in northwestern North America.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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