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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
5. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
16. Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast.
17. Having only superficial plausibility.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
26. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
30. A nation in Asia.
32. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
35. Squash bugs.
36. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
37. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
38. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
42. A native or inhabitant of Greece.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
50. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
53. Being used or worked for the first time.
54. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
56. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
57. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
59. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. One species.
63. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
70. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
74. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
75. A red soil produced by rock decay.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
79. A light touch or stroke.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
4. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. An expression of greeting.
11. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
12. Distance travelled per unit time.
13. An island of central Hawaii.
14. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
21. Emit a cry intended to attract other animals.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. The animal order including amoebas.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A bachelor's degree in science.
33. A deficiency of red blood cells.
34. A flag that shows its nationality.
39. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
40. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
41. Make less active or intense.
43. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
44. (British) Your grandmother.
45. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
46. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
49. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
51. Having few if any teeth.
52. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
55. First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928).
58. A genus of Bothidae.
62. Treated with oil.
64. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
65. An elaborate song for solo voice.
66. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
71. A master's degree in library science.
73. An informal term for a father.
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