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1. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
5. A support for the arm.
12. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
15. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
16. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
19. A river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana.
20. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
21. A gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn.
23. 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.
25. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
27. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
29. The fourth month of the civil year.
32. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
36. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
40. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
41. A local computer network for communication between computers.
42. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
45. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
46. Goddess of fertility.
48. Regional and archaic.
50. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
51. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
52. Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
54. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. Type genus of the Saururaceae.
58. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
60. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
61. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
62. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
72. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
74. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
75. Being two more than fifty.
78. A notable achievement.
79. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
80. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
2. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
3. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
4. Refuse to go along with.
5. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
6. (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously.
7. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
8. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
9. A permanent council of the United Nations.
10. An angel of the first order.
11. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
12. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
13. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
14. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
22. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
24. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
26. Selected as the best.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. An implement used to erase something.
31. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence.
33. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
34. The capital of Lesotho.
35. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
37. The act of using.
38. The airforce of Great Britain.
39. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. A republic in western South America.
47. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
49. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
63. English essayist (1775-1834).
64. Having made preparations.
65. A Spanish river.
66. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
67. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A quantity of no importance.
73. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
76. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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