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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. Genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees.
17. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A state of commotion and loud confused noise.
20. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
26. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Characterized by friendship and good will.
32. An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
36. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
37. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
39. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
47. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
50. (prosody) Of or consisting of trochees.
53. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
54. A state in midwestern United States.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
56. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
63. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
66. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
69. Shout loudly and without restraint.
71. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
72. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
73. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
76. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
77. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
79. Extremely pleasing.
80. Bound or secured closely.
81. A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
5. A projectile that is fired from a gun.
6. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
7. A genus of Strigidae.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
10. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
11. A unit of pressure.
12. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
13. A means of serving.
14. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).
21. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
23. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
25. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
28. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
30. Ancient Persian god of light and truth.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
34. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
45. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
46. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
48. Involving the joint activity of two or more.
49. A mining town in southern Wales.
51. (of movement) At an angle.
52. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
57. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
59. Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. Lower in esteem.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Jordan's port.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
74. The quantity contained in a keg.
75. A master's degree in fine arts.
78. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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