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1. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
4. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
11. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Cause to agonize.
17. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
18. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
19. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
20. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
21. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
22. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
24. In a useful manner.
28. (used especially of meats) Preserved in salt.
29. A mishap.
32. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
33. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.
39. Cry weakly or softly.
42. City in central Iran.
44. 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.
45. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
46. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. The property of being large in mass.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
55. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
58. An oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine.
63. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
71. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
72. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
75. A Loloish language.
76. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
77. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
4. A steep descent of the water of a river.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves.
9. Goddess of fertility.
10. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
11. A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox).
12. Praise, glorify, or honor.
13. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
14. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
23. A genus of Sterninae.
25. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
26. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
27. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
30. An aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. A card game for 2 players.
35. Fallow deer.
36. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
37. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
38. A crystal of snow.
40. Disturb the composure of.
41. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
43. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
47. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
50. An awkward stupid person.
53. A populous province in northeastern China.
54. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
56. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
57. Jordan's port.
59. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
61. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
62. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
64. The female reproductive cell.
65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
66. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
69. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
70. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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