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1. Situated at the top or highest position.
4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
11. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
17. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
18. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. A Muslim council of state.
21. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
22. Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure.
24. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
26. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
27. Not fake or counterfeit.
28. Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously.
31. Cause to suffer.
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
38. Before noon.
41. Remote and separate physically or socially.
42. Ask for and get free.
45. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
47. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. A state in southeastern United States.
51. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
53. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
57. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
60. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
62. Of very poor quality or condition.
67. A device that very useful for a particular job.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
71. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
73. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
74. Being of the age 13 through 19.
75. Large mackerel with long pointed snout.
76. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
3. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
4. A festival featuring African-American culture.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
7. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
8. The sound made by corvine birds.
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
11. An airfield without normal airport facilities.
12. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
13. A Loloish language.
14. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
19. Having no employment.
23. The sister of your father or mother.
25. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
29. Having branches.
30. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
32. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
33. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body.
34. A long wooden bench with a back.
36. A French abbot.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A state in midwestern United States.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
43. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
44. Put into a rage.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
52. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
54. A creature of Teutonic mythology.
55. That is to say.
56. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
58. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
59. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
61. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
63. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
64. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
65. Very dark black.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. Rate of revolution of a motor.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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