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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Terrestrial carnivores.
12. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
19. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Transient cessation of respiration.
29. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
36. Sour or bitter in taste.
37. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
42. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
44. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
45. Being six more than fifty.
46. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
53. The template for protein synthesis.
54. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
57. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
58. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
62. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
66. A difficult problem.
68. (nautical) Of an anchor.
70. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
71. The fatty flesh of eel.
72. A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
76. Supply with notes.
77. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. A federally chartered savings bank.
5. Being one more than one.
6. Held in servitude.
7. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
8. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
9. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
10. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
11. A Mid-Atlantic state.
12. African mahogany trees.
13. The act of traveling by foot.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. Not ended.
24. Cover with drops, as with dew.
25. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
26. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
30. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911- ).
34. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
38. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
41. Having been read.
43. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
47. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
48. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
49. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
50. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
51. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
52. A member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay.
55. A farewell remark.
56. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
61. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
64. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
65. A French abbot.
67. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
69. Liquid excretory product.
73. In operation or operational.
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