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1. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
4. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
12. A light touch or stroke.
15. A negative.
16. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
17. A strong emotion.
18. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
19. Clouding of the natural lens of the eye.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
21. Jordan's port.
23. The weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 Centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure).
25. A woman of refinement.
26. Characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
32. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
38. Put (things or places) in order.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A town in north central Oklahoma.
42. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
43. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. The square of a body of any size of type.
50. German painter and engraver noted for his portraits.
52. Type genus of the Marattiaceae.
55. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
57. In no manner.
58. Squash bugs.
59. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
62. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
65. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
67. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
68. A genus of Ploceidae.
72. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
77. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
78. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
79. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.
80. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
2. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
3. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
4. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
7. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. With neatness.
10. (geology) Used of the earliest known rocks.
11. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
13. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
27. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
30. A populous province in northeastern China.
31. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
33. Excluded from use or mention.
34. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
46. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
47. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
48. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
51. A committee having supervisory powers.
53. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
54. Sing in modulation.
56. A motley assortment of things.
60. A city in northeastern France in Lorraine.
61. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
63. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
66. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
69. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
75. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
76. Unknown god.
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