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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
11. Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools.
17. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Type genus of the Pholidae.
21. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
23. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
24. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
25. A Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed.
28. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. The basic unit of money in Slovakia.
32. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
37. How long something has existed.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
42. Speaking a Slavic language.
44. An enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside.
46. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
50. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
54. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
58. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
61. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
63. Tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs.
66. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
70. A humorous anecdote or remark.
71. Make a subtraction.
74. Greek mythology.
75. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
76. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
78. Black tropical American cuckoo.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. A great raja.
81. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. Cry plaintively.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A tight-fitting headdress.
5. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
6. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
7. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
8. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
9. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
12. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
13. Witnessed at first hand.
14. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
20. (Sumerian) Sun god.
22. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
26. Used of a single unit or thing.
27. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
30. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
31. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
33. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
34. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
36. Speak in a nasal voice.
38. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
39. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
43. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
45. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
49. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
51. Covered with paving material.
56. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
57. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
59. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
60. A particular environment or walk of life.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Avatar of Vishnu.
65. Type genus of the Musaceae.
67. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
68. A Russian river.
69. A female domestic.
72. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
73. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.