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1. Negation of a word or group of words.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
16. The condition of having no arms.
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
20. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
22. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
24. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
25. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
28. The tide while water is flowing out.
30. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
39. A native-born Israeli.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A column of light (as from a beacon).
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. Wild and domestic cattle.
50. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
51. A resident of Iowa.
52. A mining town in southern Wales.
55. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
57. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
58. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
61. An unsteady uneven gait.
66. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
67. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
70. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
71. An elaborate song for solo voice.
72. Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water.
73. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
74. (informal) Exceptionally good.
75. A tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
76. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. The present time or age.
4. A deep bow.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
7. Narrow French stick loaf.
8. Sour or bitter in taste.
9. A deep pulsating type of pain.
10. Being one more than one.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
21. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
23. Mostly black African weaverbird.
27. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
29. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
31. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
32. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
34. Relieve from military service.
35. Lower in esteem.
37. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
38. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
40. Brightly colored and showy.
42. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
45. Small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers.
46. "an agrarian (or agricultural) society".
47. A tributary of the Missouri River.
48. Battle of World War II (1944).
53. A motley assortment of things.
54. An udder or breast or teat.
56. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. The eighth month of the civil year.
62. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
63. Type genus of the Amiidae.
64. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
65. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
68. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
69. Black tropical American cuckoo.
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