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1. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
5. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
11. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions.
20. Very fertile.
21. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
24. The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
26. Covered with paving material.
28. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
29. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
33. 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.
36. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
39. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
40. Type genus of the Nepidae.
42. A French abbot.
44. (botany) Of some seeds.
46. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
47. (of a roof) Constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall.
48. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
49. With rapid movements.
52. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
53. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
56. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
58. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
64. Markedly different from an accepted norm.
67. 1 species.
69. A boy or man.
70. An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.
73. A city in northern India.
74. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
75. African antelopes.
76. Informal terms for clothing.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
79. On or toward the lee.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
5. A white trivalent metallic element.
6. Occurring widely (as to many people).
7. Enthusiastic approval.
8. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
9. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
10. The month following July and preceding September.
11. 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.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A Russian river.
14. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
22. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
23. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
25. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
27. Be successful.
30. Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour).
31. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
32. An informal term for a father.
34. Morally degraded.
35. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A mountain in south central Alaska.
41. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
43. The cry made by sheep.
45. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
50. indicate by signs.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Of or relating to or near the nares.
55. God of war.
57. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
59. A strong emotion.
60. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
61. Second brightest star in Perseus.
62. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
63. Lower in esteem.
65. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
72. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
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