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1. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947).
12. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
22. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
24. Affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or prosperity.
26. A woman who is the custodian of children.
28. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
29. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
31. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
35. Of persons.
38. A married German woman.
39. 1/10 gram.
40. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
42. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
43. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. Squash bugs.
52. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
54. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
55. In or of the month preceding the present one.
57. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
60. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
63. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
70. A cry of sorrow and grief.
72. An informal term for a father.
73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
74. Pain during urination.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
79. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. Of animals.
4. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. Adult female chicken.
7. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
8. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
9. One of a series of rounded teeth formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth etc.).
10. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
11. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
12. An informal conversation.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
19. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
21. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
23. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
25. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
27. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
30. Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work.
32. A large fleet.
33. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
34. Normal relaxed breathing.
36. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
47. East Asian perennial herbs.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
51. Leather with a napped surface.
53. Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia.
56. Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world.
59. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
61. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
64. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
66. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
71. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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