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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
16. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
17. Shout loudly and without restraint.
18. The content of cognition.
19. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
20. Type genus of the Gavidae.
21. A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
22. Type genus of the Anatidae.
23. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
24. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
25. A city in northeastern Ohio.
28. The sacred city of Lamaism.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. How long something has existed.
38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
45. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
48. Very dark black.
49. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
50. Jordan's port.
51. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
52. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A person who acts and gets things done.
57. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
58. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
60. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
63. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
68. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
70. Protective secretion of the mucous membranes.
73. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. Supply with notes.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A unit of pressure.
78. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
79. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
2. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
3. Of or relating to or involving an area.
4. A swaggering show of courage.
5. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
6. The residue that remains when something is burned.
7. Large scissors with strong blades.
8. Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha.
9. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. A port city in southwestern Iran.
12. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
13. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
14. Visionary British poet (1757-1827).
26. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
27. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
32. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
33. A state in southeastern United States.
35. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
36. Someone who plies a trade.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
44. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
46. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
47. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
59. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
61. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
62. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
64. A primeval personification of air and breath.
65. A fraudulent business scheme.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. The cry made by sheep.
71. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
72. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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