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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
12. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
15. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987).
20. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
22. Place troops or weapons in battle formation.
24. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
28. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
33. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
34. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
37. Engagingly stimulating or provocative.
41. Of or relating to entozoa.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
46. Either extremity of something that has length.
47. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
49. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
51. Lower in esteem.
54. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
55. Being here now.
57. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
59. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
62. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
65. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
66. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
70. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
74. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
79. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
80. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
81. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
3. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
4. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
5. Suggestive of the supernatural.
6. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
7. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
10. Of or at or relating to an anode.
11. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
12. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
13. Appeal or request earnestly.
14. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
19. A person with albinism.
21. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
29. A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven.
30. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
31. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
32. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
35. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
39. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
40. A language group of the Hokan family.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
43. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
48. Have in mind as a purpose.
50. A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
52. (usually plural) When two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots the result is called `boxcars'.
53. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Squash bugs.
61. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
64. Dwell (archaic).
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
69. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
71. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
72. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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