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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
5. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. A low one-horse box sleigh.
16. Surpass in speed.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
20. Type genus of the Manidae.
21. An electrically charged particle.
22. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
29. Pleasantly occupied.
30. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
34. Same in identity.
38. God of wisdom or prophesy.
41. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
45. Closed with a lace.
46. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
54. Divulge information or secrets.
57. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
59. Filled with a great quantity.
61. An island in the south Pacific.
65. Of or relating to or involving an area.
70. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.
74. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
75. Wildly disordered.
77. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
78. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
79. Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority.
80. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. The brightest star in Virgo.
2. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
3. Make off with belongings of others.
4. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
5. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
6. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. Your general store of remembered information.
8. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
9. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
10. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
11. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. Little known Kamarupan languages.
14. Something causes misery or death.
19. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
24. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
26. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
28. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
32. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
33. A genus of Pyralidae.
35. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
36. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. 1 species.
52. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
53. Not fake or counterfeit.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
58. The commonest type of solidified lava.
60. 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.
62. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
63. American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
64. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
66. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
67. Very dark black.
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
69. Any competition.
71. The bill in a restaurant.
72. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
76. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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