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1. Top part of an apron.
4. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
12. The month following February and preceding April.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
17. The capital and largest city of Japan.
18. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
20. 1 species.
21. A light touch or stroke.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
25. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
36. Leafless East Indian vine.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
40. The sign language used in the United States.
44. A woman of refinement.
45. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
47. Of or relating to the spleen.
48. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
54. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
56. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
58. A genus of Platalea.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
69. Gone by.
70. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
74. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
75. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
78. Unsegmented worms.
79. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
4. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Unknown god.
7. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
8. Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye.
9. Transient cessation of respiration.
10. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
11. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
12. Health care for the needy.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Any loose flowing garment.
19. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
24. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A sudden desire.
30. Of or in or relating to the nose.
31. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
32. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
34. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
35. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
38. Make amendments to.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
43. A quantity of no importance.
46. A crime syndicate in the United States.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
57. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
59. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
60. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
65. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
66. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
71. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
72. A case for containing a set of articles.
73. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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