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1. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
4. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
12. The seventh and last day of the week.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. The visual percept of a region.
17. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
18. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
20. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504).
21. The month following July and preceding September.
22. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
23. Being nine more than ninety.
24. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
26. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
30. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. God of death.
37. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
42. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
44. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
45. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
48. Capital of Vanuatu.
49. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
50. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
51. (prefix) Half or partial.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
58. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
60. English monk and scholar (672-735).
62. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
64. A light shade of blue.
67. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
71. Squash bugs.
72. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
77. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
79. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
80. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
81. A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.
82. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
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1. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
2. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
3. Not only so, but.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
8. Any plant of the genus Erica.
9. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
10. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
14. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
19. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
25. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
28. Having or being distinguished by diminutive size.
29. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
31. Type genus of the family Hirudinidae.
32. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
35. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
36. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
38. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
40. Typical geese.
43. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
46. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld.
47. A populous province in northeastern China.
52. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
56. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
57. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
59. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
61. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
63. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
65. Type genus of the Anatidae.
66. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
68. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
69. An elaborate song for solo voice.
70. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
73. Not reflecting light.
74. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
78. Before noon.
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