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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A state of readiness to respond.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Narrow French stick loaf.
20. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. African mahogany trees.
23. Located in or toward the back or rear.
25. Providing assistance or serving a useful function.
27. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
29. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
34. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
37. Indicating the most important performer or role.
41. Being ten more than sixty.
44. Greek mythology.
45. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
49. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
51. Of or relating to the hands.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. Weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine.
58. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
61. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
63. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
71. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
72. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
75. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
77. A city in the European part of Russia.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
80. A result.
82. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
83. An informal term for a father.
84. Found in the ordinary course of events.
85. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
7. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
8. English writer (1672-1729).
9. Wife of Ramachandra.
10. Enter uninvited.
11. How long something has existed.
12. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
13. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. Not only so, but.
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. Having existed from the beginning.
28. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
30. A benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material.
33. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
35. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
36. An informal conversation.
38. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
39. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
40. In a joyous manner.
42. Jordan's port.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
52. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
53. Lacking sensation.
56. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
59. A mistake resulting from inattention.
60. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
62. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
64. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
66. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
68. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
69. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
73. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
74. Rate of revolution of a motor.
76. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
79. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
81. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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