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1. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
5. Resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand.
10. Of southern Europe.
13. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
14. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
15. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
16. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
17. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
19. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
21. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
22. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
30. A deep bow.
34. By bad luck.
37. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
38. A rapid bustling commotion.
41. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
46. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
49. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
50. A New England state.
52. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
55. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
67. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
68. A licensed medical practitioner.
69. An informal term for a father.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. Large American feline resembling a lion.
2. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
3. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
8. A sudden short attack.
9. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
10. Distant in either space or time.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
28. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
29. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
39. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
40. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
47. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
51. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. Divulge information or secrets.
57. An informal term for a father.
58. Very dark black.
59. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
64. A person's brother or sister.
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