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1. Top part of an apron.
4. A star with 5 points.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes.
17. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
18. An athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball).
20. A sudden forceful flow.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
22. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
23. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
25. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
28. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
30. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
33. (biology) Belonging to or active during the day.
37. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
39. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
40. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
41. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.
46. An unforeseen obstacle.
48. God of the earth.
49. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
50. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
52. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
59. Wicked and cruel behavior.
66. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. Being two more than fifty.
71. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
73. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
74. A doctor's degree in education.
75. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
76. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
4. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
7. Easily irritated or annoyed.
8. A shade of blue tinged with green.
9. Drawn up into a ball.
10. Tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as in surgery to prevent bleeding).
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. Cause to be paralyzed and immobile.
24. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. A branch of the Tai languages.
31. A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae.
32. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
34. Large Indian antelope.
35. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
36. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. The basic unit of money in Finland.
54. Marked by skill in deception.
55. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
56. Term of address for a man.
57. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A town in north central Oklahoma.
61. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
62. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
63. A notice of someone's death.
64. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
65. God of love and erotic desire.
67. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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