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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. The hot period between early July and early September.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. By bad luck.
23. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926).
25. The capital of Western Samoa.
28. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
30. (botany) Producing a well-developed stem above ground.
33. Relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
37. Malicious burning to destroy property.
38. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
40. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
41. A quantity of no importance.
42. 1 species.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
51. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
52. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
54. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
57. A state in northwestern North America.
59. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
62. Enacted by a legislative body.
65. An unimaginably large amount.
68. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
72. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. A local computer network for communication between computers.
77. Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966).
78. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
79. Either extremity of something that has length.
80. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
7. An elaborate song for solo voice.
8. A blank gap or missing part.
9. A substance that oozes from animal or plant pores.
10. Short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
24. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
26. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
27. Not out.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
32. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
34. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
35. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
36. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
39. The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. A special lineage.
46. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
50. (biology) Restricted to a particular condition of life.
53. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
55. Matters of personal concern.
56. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
58. An internal representation of the world.
60. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
61. City in Sudan.
63. A small island.
64. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
66. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
67. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
73. A period of time spent sleeping.
74. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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