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1. Not divisible by two.
4. Herbs and subshrubs.
12. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
15. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
16. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
17. An informal term for a father.
18. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
22. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
23. Perfume esp. with a censer.
25. A Nilotic language.
27. Affect with wonder.
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
31. Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood).
35. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
38. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
40. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
41. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
43. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
45. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
46. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
52. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
54. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
56. Half the width of an em.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. 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.
66. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
69. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
72. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
73. Health care for the aged.
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
77. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
3. God of the sky.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
5. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
6. Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients.
7. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
8. A severe or trying experience.
9. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
12. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
13. Type genus of the Majidae.
14. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
21. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
24. A periodic paperback publication.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. From 13 million to 25 million years ago.
30. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
32. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
33. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid.
34. American inventor.
36. Obvious and dull.
37. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
39. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
42. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
44. South American cavy.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
53. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
55. An informal term for a father.
57. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
59. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
62. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
63. Capital and largest city of Italy.
64. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
65. Being four more than sixty.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
70. A rapid bustling commotion.
71. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
74. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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