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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
11. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
15. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
16. Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.
17. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
18. Cause to be embarrassed.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
20. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. Set down according to a plan.
26. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
28. (archaic) Of persons.
35. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
37. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
39. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
40. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
43. English architect (1746-1813).
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
51. Owned up to.
53. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions.
58. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
59. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
60. An abnormal loss of strength.
62. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
67. A protective covering or structure.
69. A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance.
70. A pass between mountain peaks.
71. A single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
75. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
76. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
77. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Rounded like an egg.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
5. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
6. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
7. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
9. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. The front limb of a quadruped.
12. Jordan's port.
13. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
14. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
22. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
25. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
27. Half the width of an em.
29. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height.
30. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Large deep serving dish with a cover.
34. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
36. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. Dwell (archaic).
41. Something causes misery or death.
44. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
45. Fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain.
47. Warn in advance or beforehand.
48. A medium for oil-paints.
50. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
52. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
55. One or some or every or all without specification.
57. An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
61. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
65. Type genus of the Nepidae.
66. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
68. A licensed medical practitioner.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
73. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
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