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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide.
12. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (physiology) Especially of muscles.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.
23. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
26. Avatar of Vishnu.
29. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
32. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
37. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
41. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
42. The ending of a series or sequence.
45. French philosopher (1909-1943).
46. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A narrow way or road.
49. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
50. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
51. A loud harsh or strident noise.
52. An honorary degree in science.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
61. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
63. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
69. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
70. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
74. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
75. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
76. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
77. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
78. Go ashore.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. A bachelor's degree in religion.
7. Porridge made of rolled oats.
8. The skin that covers the top of the head.
9. That is to say.
10. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
11. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
13. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
14. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
19. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
22. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
24. Take off a hook.
25. A kind of person.
27. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
28. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
30. Prolific Flemish baroque painter.
31. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
34. Causing fear or dread or terror.
35. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
36. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
38. The federal government of the United States.
39. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. Composed of or covered with relatively large particles.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
54. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
55. The act of escaping physically.
57. Any high mountain.
58. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
60. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
62. Type genus of the Percidae.
64. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
65. Perceive sound.
66. Noisy talk.
67. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
68. A French abbot.
71. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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