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1. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
12. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
15. A toilet in England.
16. Of or relating to a caesura.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
20. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
22. Praise, glorify, or honor.
23. Remove gas from.
25. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
27. Capable of having having clear evidence of eliminated without trace.
29. Resembling gass.
32. The bill in a restaurant.
35. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
39. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
41. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux.
49. Accumulated on a surface of a solid.
50. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
51. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
56. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
58. Made of fir or pine.
62. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
66. Not established by conditioning or learning.
67. Indigo bush.
70. A natural protective covering of the body.
71. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
75. A flowering shrub.
76. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
2. A transmission line for high-frequency signals.
3. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
4. Lacking sense or discretion.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
7. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
8. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
10. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
13. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
14. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
19. People having the same social or economic status.
21. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
24. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
31. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
33. Of a leaf shape.
34. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
36. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
37. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
38. With no effort to conceal.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
42. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. The country where you were born.
47. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows.
48. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
53. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
55. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
59. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
60. The food served and eaten at one time.
61. Chief port of Yemen.
63. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
68. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. An informal term for a father.
72. A state in the eastern United States.
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