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1. A genus of European owls.
5. Proboscis monkeys.
12. Black tropical American cuckoo.
15. A characteristic sound.
16. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
21. Plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem.
24. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
26. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
27. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
28. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
40. A state in southeastern United States.
41. Enact or perform again.
43. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
47. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
48. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
51. The food served and eaten at one time.
52. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
54. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
55. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
58. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
60. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. (informal) Exceptionally good.
65. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
66. A Hindu prince or king in India.
67. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
69. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
70. Involving or constituting a cause.
72. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
73. In a timorous and trepid manner".
76. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
77. The force of workers available.
78. A persistent attacker.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
2. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
3. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
5. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
10. Draw in by breathing.
11. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
12. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
23. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
25. Used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns.
29. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
30. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
31. God of fire.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
37. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
38. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
42. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
44. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
49. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
50. (anatomy) A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
53. An institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.).
56. Liquid excretory product.
57. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
59. European shad.
61. Follower of Rastafarianism.
62. A genus of Platalea.
63. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
68. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
71. A port in southwestern Scotland.
74. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
75. An honorary degree in science.
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