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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. Silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes.
11. Rum cut with water.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone.
17. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
18. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
19. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
20. Type genus of the Amiidae.
21. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
33. Not at all or in no way.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
40. Horned vipers.
42. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
44. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
45. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
46. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
48. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
49. The state that precedes vomiting.
51. The last few hours before death.
54. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
56. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
68. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
69. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
72. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
73. Indicating the most important performer or role.
74. The sound of something crunching.
75. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
76. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
77. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
78. A three-tone Chadic language.
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1. Cry plaintively.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
4. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.
5. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
6. Capital and largest city of Italy.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Take in solid food.
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. The father of your father or mother.
12. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
13. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
14. Of great mass.
22. Material used to daub walls.
23. A particular environment or walk of life.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
29. The capital and largest city of Dominica.
30. An inflow.
31. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
32. Lower in esteem.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
37. Jordan's port.
38. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
39. The address where a person lives.
41. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
43. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A town in northern Egypt.
52. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
53. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
60. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
62. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
63. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
64. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
65. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
66. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
67. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
70. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
71. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
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