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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Separate by abscission.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
15. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
16. Type genus of the Papaveraceae.
17. Very dark black.
18. A port in southwestern Scotland.
19. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
20. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
21. A tributary of the Missouri River.
23. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
24. Reflecting gloom.
25. Outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts).
28. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
31. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
32. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. The habitation of wild animals.
47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
49. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
51. Speaking a Slavic language.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
57. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
59. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
61. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
66. Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915).
68. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
69. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
70. A person who lives and works on land.
72. The specified day of the month.
73. The chance to speak.
74. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper.
75. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
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1. The act of scanning.
2. A branch of the Tai languages.
3. A Spanish river.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
5. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer.
6. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
7. A bottle with a stopper.
8. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
9. Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
12. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
13. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
14. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
22. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
26. Not participating in a chemical reaction.
27. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
29. Any plant of the genus Erica.
30. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
35. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
36. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
37. Any of various devices for taking hold of objects.
39. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
44. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
45. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
48. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
50. Amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another.
52. A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
53. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
55. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
56. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
58. A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1.
60. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
62. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
64. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
65. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
67. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
71. A form of address for a man.
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