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1. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. Very sad.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
19. An edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
23. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
24. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
27. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
32. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
35. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
39. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
41. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. Engaged in war.
50. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
52. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
53. A state in southeastern United States.
54. Covered with frost.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Obvious and dull.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
76. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
77. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
78. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
4. Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. 1 species.
7. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
8. 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.
9. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
10. Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. Jordan's port.
13. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
14. With no effort to conceal.
20. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
25. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages.
26. Cephalopods having two gills.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
33. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
34. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
37. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
42. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
44. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
47. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
51. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
55. 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.
57. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
60. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
61. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
62. A quantity of no importance.
63. A notice of someone's death.
65. An inhabitant of Lappland.
66. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
70. The basic unit of money in Romania.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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