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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. The quantity contained in a case.
12. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
15. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Of or relating to measure.
20. A state in midwestern United States.
22. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
24. An unofficial association of people or groups.
26. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
27. An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it v 1.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. Any plant of the genus Inula.
35. (British) A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight.
39. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
40. Silence (someone) by uttering "shush!".
42. Being nine more than ninety.
43. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
45. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
51. (Irish) The sea personified.
52. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
60. 100 pfennigs equal 1 Deutsche Mark.
64. A state in New England.
65. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
69. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
71. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
72. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
73. Tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel).
75. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
76. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
77. One at a disadvantage and expected to lose.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
4. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
5. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
6. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. Fail to do something.
10. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
11. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
12. Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
13. Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
14. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
19. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
21. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
23. A resident of Ohio.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. (Babylonian and Assyrian) Goddess of love and fertility and war.
29. Short and fat.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
34. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
36. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
37. Tropical Asian starlings.
38. Capital and largest city of Lebanon.
41. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
44. Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an Agave plant.
46. Herbs or shrubs or small trees.
47. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
48. Small fatty fish usually canned.
54. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
55. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
57. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
59. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
61. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
62. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
63. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
70. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
74. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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