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1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
4. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
12. A master's degree in education.
15. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
16. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
20. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
22. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
23. Similar or related in quality or character.
25. Remove the fangs from (canines, snakes, etc.).
27. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
30. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
31. Type genus of the Cyatheaceae.
35. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
40. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
41. A city in northwestern Syria.
42. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
45. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
47. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
49. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
52. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
53. Wife of Balder.
55. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
58. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
60. Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
65. Of or in or relating to the nose.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
75. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
76. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
77. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
2. Excessively fat.
3. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
8. A particular environment or walk of life.
9. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
10. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. Made of fir or pine.
19. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
24. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
26. Tag the base runner to get him out.
28. A curved oriental saber.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
33. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
37. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
38. (British) Your grandmother.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
44. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
46. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
48. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
50. An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
54. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. The short weak cry of a young bird.
59. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. Type genus of the Ranidae.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
64. Trace the shape of.
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. In bed.
68. Set down according to a plan.
71. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
72. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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