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1. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
5. A serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
15. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
16. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service.
17. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
18. Closed or squeezed together tightly.
20. Half the width of an em.
22. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
24. Spider monkeys.
25. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
28. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
29. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
30. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
34. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
38. (South African) An ear of corn.
39. A percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer.
41. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
44. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
45. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
48. A port in southwestern Scotland.
49. A Loloish language.
50. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
51. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
53. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
55. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
57. An enclosed space.
62. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
66. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
67. English translator and Protestant martyr.
69. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
75. The bill in a restaurant.
76. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
77. A vehicle that can fly.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
3. Administer an oil or ointment to.
4. With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner.
5. Division of a group into opposing factions.
6. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
7. (British) A member of the military police.
8. Being one more than three.
9. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
10. The longest division of geological time.
11. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
19. An angular shape made by folding.
21. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. The act of refusing a request.
27. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
32. A military dictatorship in North Africa on the Mediterranean.
33. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
35. Tall hat.
36. Concise and full of meaning.
37. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
40. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
46. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
47. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
52. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
54. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
56. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
58. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
59. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
64. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
68. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
70. The products of human creativity.
73. A state in southeastern United States.
74. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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