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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa.
11. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
15. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
16. Without compunction or human feeling.
17. A town in north central Oklahoma.
18. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
20. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
21. A visual presentation showing how something works.
22. Not firm or firmly fixed.
25. Coming into existence.
26. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
28. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
38. Soft creamy white cheese.
40. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Late time of life.
45. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
48. God of wealth and love.
50. Any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
55. With rapid movements.
57. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
58. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
62. A sweet innocent baby.
70. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
73. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
74. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
76. Relatively deep or strong.
77. Type genus of the Nepidae.
78. Sharp piercing cry.
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as Prime Minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt (1913-1992).
2. A particular environment or walk of life.
3. Narrow-leaved green herbage.
4. Relating to or affecting the viscera.
5. Half the width of an em.
6. (British informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
7. Cry weakly or softly.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
9. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
13. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
14. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
19. Copy again.
23. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A Hindu prince or king in India.
29. 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.
31. Large Indian antelope.
32. Consisting of or made of cedar.
34. (nautical) Of an anchor.
35. The sacred city of Lamaism.
37. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
39. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
41. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
49. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
51. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
52. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
56. Before noon.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. State in northeastern India.
61. 16 ounces.
63. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
64. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
65. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
67. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
71. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
72. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
75. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
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