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- 3. an electronic image (as in a video game) that represents and may be manipulated by a computer user
- 6. to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner
- 9. a lover of books especially for qualities of format
- 11. a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill
- 12. the usually large, rounded, edible, pulpy berry of an herb (genus Solanum) of the nightshade family native to South America that is typically red but may be yellow, orange, green, or purplish in color and is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable
- 14. a branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
- 17. a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Apiaceae synonym Umbelliferae) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible root
- 18. something not understood or beyond understanding
- 19. to move from one country, place, or locality to another
- 20. a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
- 22. a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms
- 24. an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk
- 30. the science or theory of tides
- 31. a carnivorous mammal (Felis catus) long domesticated as a pet and for catching rats and mice
- 32. a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus) domesticated since prehistoric times
- 33. a machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently (as by walking or rolling on wheels) and performing complex actions (such as grasping and moving objects)
- 35. a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or ¹/₁₂ of a year
- 36. the gaseous envelope of a celestial body (such as a planet)
- 40. one who makes or repairs jewelry
- 42. an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having in English three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables respectively
- 43. a cat fancier : a lover of cats
- 46. a mythical, usually white animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse with long flowing mane and tail and a single often spiraled horn in the middle of the forehead
- 47. the commander in chief of a navy
- 48. any of a series of 7-day cycles used in various calendars
- 50. a period of 14 days : two weeks
- 51. something with seemingly contradictory qualities
- 53. a considerable inland body of standing water
- 54. a boat used in trawling
- 55. to issue a call to convene
- 57. a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families
- 58. the third zodiacal constellation that is pictorially represented as the twins Castor and Pollux sitting together
- 62. freedom provided by the cessation of activities
- 66. a small plump dark green chili pepper of Mexico and the southern U.S.
- 67. a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation
- 69. a rich green variety of beryl prized as a gemstone
- 70. the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen H2O which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C, has a maximum density at 4°C and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent
- 72. a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television
- 73. a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream
- 74. a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue
- 75. an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation
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- 1. a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption
- 2. to twist out of the true meaning or proportion : to alter to give a false or unnatural picture or account
- 4. the writer of a literary work (such as a book)
- 5. a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
- 7. animal life especially : the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment
- 8. the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded : the factors and influences that affect the growth, health, progress, functioning, etc., of someone or something
- 10. one who rides on horseback
- 12. a cat whose fur is mottled or streaked with dark stripes
- 13. a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
- 15. to provide schooling for
- 16. limestone that is more or less crystallized by metamorphism, that ranges from granular to compact in texture, that is capable of taking a high polish, and that is used especially in architecture and sculpture
- 17. someone who appears in a book, movie, etc. : a representation of an individual personality in a fictional or dramatic work
- 21. a carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris) closely related to the gray wolf that has long been domesticated as a pet
- 23. the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
- 25. lasting a very short time
- 26. a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve
- 27. a dog fancier : one that is favorably disposed toward dogs
- 28. a volume of writings : anthology
- 29. a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon
- 34. any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings
- 36. a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which it derives most of its lift
- 37. a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer
- 38. a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt, and is used in mortar, glass, abrasives, and foundry molds
- 39. a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
- 41. a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
- 44. something with seemingly contradictory qualities
- 45. to add honor to or to furnish with something ornamental
- 49. a connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive
- 52. belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes expressed especially through organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
- 56. having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
- 58. a plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated
- 59. the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge
- 60. a system for fixing the beginning, length, and divisions of the civil year and arranging days and longer divisions of time (such as weeks and months) in a definite order
- 61. a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
- 63. the scientific study of elections
- 64. to bring about (a result) by effort
- 65. a brittle and more or less transparent usually red silicate mineral that has a vitreous luster, occurs mainly in crystals but also in massive form and in grains, is found commonly in gneiss and mica schist, and is used as a semiprecious stone and as an abrasive
- 68. a southern zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- 71. an identifying symbol (as for use in advertising)