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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. The condition of having no arms.
12. Former measure of the US economy.
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. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
17. A toilet in England.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. Grave or even gloomy in character.
20. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
22. By bad luck.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983).
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
31. Capable of being scaled.
35. A flexible container with a single opening.
38. A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
41. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
43. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
44. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
48. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. The last (12th) month of the year.
52. Poor handwriting.
58. The state of being unsure of something.
60. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
61. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
64. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
65. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. Advanced in years.
72. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
74. A loose cloak with a hood.
75. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
76. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
81. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
82. 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. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
7. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. A professional cook.
9. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
12. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
13. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
14. A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
21. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
23. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
26. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
28. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
33. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
34. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
36. The fourth month of the civil year.
37. United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967).
39. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. Before noon.
42. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
45. A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. A fit of shivering.
49. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
53. Pan with a convex bottom.
57. Relating to or accompanying birth.
63. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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