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1. An operating system that is on a disk.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
10. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
13. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
14. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
18. (Irish) The sea personified.
19. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
21. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
23. In an ideal manner.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
27. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Jordan's port.
32. Seed of a pea plant.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A French abbot.
40. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
44. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
45. Be obedient to.
47. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
48. An audiotape recording of sound.
49. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study.
57. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
65. The cry made by sheep.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. The ending of a series or sequence.
3. Liquid that is spilled.
4. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
5. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
6. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
7. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere.
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
10. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
11. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
12. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
17. Type genus of the Nepidae.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
33. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
38. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
39. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
46. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
50. Being nine more than forty.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
55. Type genus of the Majidae.
56. In bed.
58. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
59. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
60. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
64. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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