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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
11. A Hindu theistic philosophy.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
16. The capital of Turkey.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Of the most contemptible kind.
20. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
23. Thorny Eurasian shrubs.
25. Any of various units of capacity.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A city in southern Malawi.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
38. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
44. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
46. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
47. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
48. Feeling great rapture or delight.
51. Extremely robust.
53. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
55. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
56. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
58. In a nasty ill-tempered manner.
60. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
62. Able to act at will.
63. Preserve a dead body.
70. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
72. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
74. Of or relating to the study of meaning and changes of meaning.
76. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
77. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
6. Make oneself subject to.
7. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
8. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
9. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
10. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
11. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria.
12. A drama set to music.
13. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
14. A book of the New Testament.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
24. The striking of one body against another.
26. Moderate or restrain.
30. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
32. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
33. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
35. (of a shore or shoreline) Having an extensive gently sloping area covered with sand or gravel or shingle down to the water line.
37. The superior of an abbey of monks.
39. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
41. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
43. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
45. Act or move at high speed.
49. Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding).
50. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
52. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
54. The capital and largest city of Japan.
57. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
59. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
61. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
64. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
65. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
66. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
67. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
68. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
69. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
71. A local computer network for communication between computers.
75. A form of address for a man.
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