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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. Not hard-surfaced.
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
15. A passage with access only at one end.
16. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
17. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
18. Worthless material that is discarded.
20. A return punch.
21. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. A genus of Platalea.
27. A British doctorate.
29. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. 16 ounces.
41. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
42. Wild ginger.
46. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
48. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
49. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
50. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
52. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
62. A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play.
67. A city in northwestern Syria.
68. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. A master's degree in library science.
75. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
76. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
77. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. (prefix) Outside or outer.
2. A reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
3. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
4. A transuranic element.
5. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
6. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
7. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
8. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
9. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
10. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
11. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
12. Of or relating to the kidneys.
13. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
14. Largest known toad species.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
28. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
30. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938).
31. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
33. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
34. Place (something) where one cannot find it again.
37. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
43. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
44. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
45. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
55. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
57. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
58. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
59. A Muslim council of state.
61. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
63. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
64. Willing to face danger.
65. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
66. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
69. Serving as an essential component.
70. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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