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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Type genus of the family Ascaridae.
11. Young of domestic cattle.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of whit or mauve flowers.
17. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
18. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
19. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. The seventh month of the civil year.
24. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
25. Of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths).
27. The quantity a cask will hold.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. Of or relating to or involving an area.
39. A conversation especially a formal one.
41. To fix or set securely or deeply.
43. At full speed.
44. Improperly forward or bold.
47. In bed.
48. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
49. A person who buys.
50. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
54. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
57. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
59. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
62. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
66. German mathematician (1804-1851).
67. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
69. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
70. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
71. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
73. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
74. Stalk of a moss capsule.
75. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
76. Not in good physical or mental health.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
5. The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
8. Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
9. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
10. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
11. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
12. Being or given to servile imitation.
13. An island of central Hawaii.
14. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
20. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
22. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
26. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
28. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
29. Big-eyed scad.
33. Primarily temporal sense.
34. God of the sky.
35. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
36. The superior of an abbey of monks.
37. Female ruff v 1.
38. A machine or person that adds.
40. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
42. 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.
45. Of or relating to syllables.
46. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
51. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
52. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
53. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. Complacently or inanely foolish.
56. An edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon.
58. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
65. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
68. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
72. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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