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1. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
5. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
11. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
15. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
16. Put into a rage.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. Drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure.
24. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias.
27. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
28. An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
32. The second largest city in Tunisia.
35. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
37. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
38. A tight-fitting headdress.
42. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
46. Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
49. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
51. A perceptual structure.
53. English essayist (1775-1834).
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
55. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
65. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
66. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
69. Having a claw or claws.
71. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
74. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
75. A doctor's degree in education.
76. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
77. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
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1. A distinguishing feature of one's personal nature.
2. A genus of Laridae.
3. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
4. The shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
7. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
8. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
12. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
13. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
14. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
20. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
22. An operating system that is on a disk.
23. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
25. A net or mesh foundation for lace.
26. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
29. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
30. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
34. Remote and separate physically or socially.
36. Unknown god.
39. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor.
40. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
41. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
44. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
45. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamen and carpel.
47. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
48. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. (Hindu mythology) The most important of the princes in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God.
56. (Scot) A leather strap for punishing children.
57. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
58. Wood of any of various alder trees.
60. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
61. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
63. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
64. Being two more than ninety.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
70. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
73. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
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