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1. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
4. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
12. Inquire about.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Not having an identifying mark.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Marked by smartness in dress and manners.
19. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
27. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
29. Absent without permission.
30. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
33. A fit of shivering.
36. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
39. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
42. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
43. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
45. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
48. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
49. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. Produce ankylosis by surgery.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
62. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
67. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
75. (informal) Roused to anger.
76. Raise to a higher energy level.
78. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. (Greek) A benevolent spirit.
81. Of southern Europe.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
3. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
4. Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped gray and green and white warty rinds.
5. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
7. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
8. Consistent with fact or reality.
9. A republic in southeastern Europe.
10. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969).
11. The capital and largest city of Japan.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. (informal British) Good-looking.
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
26. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
28. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
31. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions.
32. Pass by, as of time.
34. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
35. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
37. The state of owing money.
38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
46. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
47. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
50. Having been read.
52. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
53. A lake in northwestern Russia.
55. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
57. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
59. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
63. An informal term for a father.
64. In bed.
65. The basic unit of money on Malta.
66. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
68. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
69. Goddess of fertility.
70. A boy or man.
73. (Babylonian) The sky god.
74. (British) Informal term for information.
77. Conforming to truth.
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