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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. The act of smacking something.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
15. A state of southwestern India.
16. A scolding (even vicious) old woman.
17. 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.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
19. One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
20. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
22. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
24. The foot of a human being.
25. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
26. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
29. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
32. A state in the western United States.
36. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
39. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
41. Deliberately impassive in manner.
44. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
45. (prosody) Of or consisting of dactyls.
47. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
49. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. A sudden short attack.
52. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
60. A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
63. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
67. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. A primeval personification of air and breath.
71. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
74. Denuded of leaves.
75. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
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1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
2. A small vessel for travel on water.
3. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
4. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
5. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
6. A human limb.
7. Large toothed frog of South and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
8. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper.
9. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. Grind together, of teeth.
12. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
13. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
14. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
21. (archaic) Of persons.
23. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
28. A sweet innocent baby.
30. Physically and mentally fatigued.
31. Show a response or a reaction to something.
33. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
34. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
35. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. Black tropical American cuckoo.
40. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
42. Type genus of the Pyralidae.
43. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
46. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
48. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
53. Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8.
54. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
55. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
56. South African term for `boss'.
57. An employee whose duties include running errands.
59. A genus of Ploceidae.
61. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
62. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
64. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
65. Very dark black.
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
68. A light touch or stroke.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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