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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
5. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
10. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
13. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
14. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
18. Any competition.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
23. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
29. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
32. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. A three-tone Chadic language.
39. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
41. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
42. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. One ten thousandth of a centner.
50. A cloth having a crisscross design.
52. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
56. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
60. An engagement fought between two military forces.
63. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
64. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
65. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
66. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
67. The sign language used in the United States.
68. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Used of the language of the deaf.
4. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
5. A son who has the same first name as his father.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
10. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
11. The content of cognition.
12. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
17. Imprudently incurring risk.
21. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
30. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
31. Toward the mouth or oral region.
33. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. A garment that covers the head and face.
40. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
44. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
45. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
49. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
50. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
51. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
55. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. God of love and erotic desire.
61. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
62. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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