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1. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential). 4. An abrupt failure of function or health. 12. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine. 15. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo. 16. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area. 17. A strong emotion. 18. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts. 20. A cry or shout of approval. 21. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse. 22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare. 23. A characteristic sound. 25. A genus of Lamnidae. 26. Superior to the average. 27. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors. 28. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages. 32. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States. 37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 39. Having undesirable or negative qualities. 40. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). 42. Type genus of the Majidae. 43. Type genus of the family Unionidae. 47. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). 48. Plaything consisting of small 6-pointed metal pieces that are used (along with a ball) to play the game of jacks. 52. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth. 54. Basic principles of the cosmos. 56. (of tempo) Very fast adv 1. 58. The basic unit of money in Finland. 62. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant. 66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 67. Clouding of the natural lens of the eye. 70. A master's degree in business. 71. A bachelor's degree in theology. 72. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril). 73. A decree that prohibits something. 74. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. 75. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits. 76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Of or relating to alga. 2. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. 3. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy. 4. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia. 5. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin. 6. Being five more than fifty. 7. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears. 8. The capital and largest city of Greece. 9. A genus of Stromateidae. 10. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost. 11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (19021984). 13. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 14. The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 19. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships. 24. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (12851349). 29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 30. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar. 31. Jordan's port. 33. Obvious and dull. 34. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). 35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels. 38. A Hindu prince or king in India. 41. Mentally or physically infirm with age. 44. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs. 45. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes. 46. Bulldog ants. 49. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand. 50. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans. 51. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals. 53. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort). 55. The cloak as a symbol of authority. 57. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925). 59. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya. 60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 64. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. 65. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs. 68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 69. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.