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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. A genus of Psittacidae.
11. Family based on male descent.
15. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
16. Lasting through all time.
17. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
18. Fiddler crabs.
19. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
21. The process of leaching.
23. The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft.
25. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
27. That is to say.
28. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
33. A swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin).
38. A small growth of trees without underbrush.
39. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. A humorous play on words.
44. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
50. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
51. Having relatively few calories.
52. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
55. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
57. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
59. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
66. Using speech rather than writing.
67. A French abbot.
70. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
71. (British) Your grandmother.
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
76. 10 grams.
77. A great raja.
78. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Any small compartment.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
9. Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924).
12. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
13. Any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny.
14. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
20. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
22. Most important element.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
26. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed.
30. A ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery.
31. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound.
32. 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga.
34. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
35. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
36. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
37. An informal conversation.
41. In bed.
42. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
47. Suitable for use as food.
49. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
53. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
54. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
61. An association of criminals.
62. A German man.
63. Not in action or at work.
64. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
65. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
68. Enlarged prostate.
69. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
72. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
73. A state in midwestern United States.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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