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1. The act of flipping a coin.
5. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
12. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827).
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. Examine or consider with attention and in detail.
20. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
21. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
22. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1876-1958).
24. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
26. A woman who is the custodian of children.
28. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
30. Elegant and stylish.
31. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Minor or subordinate.
35. Work hastily or carelessly.
39. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
40. A light touch or stroke.
43. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
47. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
49. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. English monk and scholar (672-735).
53. Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943).
56. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
58. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
62. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
64. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
67. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
69. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
70. An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities.
72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
73. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
74. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
77. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
78. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
79. Supply with notes.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
2. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
3. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
4. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
5. 100 pfennigs equal 1 Deutsche Mark.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
8. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
9. Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish.
10. Of or relating to or being a feria.
11. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
12. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
13. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
14. Something considered choice to eat.
19. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
23. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
25. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
27. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
29. Attach a yoke or harness to, as of a draft animal.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. One thousandth of a second.
38. A large indefinite number.
41. A French abbot.
42. God of wealth and love.
44. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
45. Oil palms.
46. A capacious bag or basket.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. River in eastern Asia.
54. Used especially in treating bruises.
55. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
65. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
66. An awkward stupid person.
68. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
71. Take in solid food.
75. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
76. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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