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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
11. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors.
17. A Loloish language.
18. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.
23. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
26. Lower in esteem.
28. (plural) Rare collector's items.
31. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
34. An implement used to erase something.
37. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
39. Type genus of the Majidae.
42. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
46. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Flowing in drops.
50. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
58. Fastened with stitches.
61. Kauri pine.
63. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
67. A large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India.
69. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
70. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
71. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
74. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
75. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
76. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
77. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
6. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
7. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
8. A small island.
9. A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere.
12. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
13. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
14. Very small.
20. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
25. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
27. An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.
29. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
30. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
32. Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
33. An informal conversation.
35. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
38. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
40. An honorary degree in science.
41. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
48. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
52. Serving as an essential component.
53. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574).
54. A republic in western South America.
56. A can for storing tea.
57. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
59. Band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems.
60. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
62. Any of various small biting flies.
64. The face of a timepiece.
65. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
66. Offering fun and gaiety.
68. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
72. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
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