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1. A vigorous blow.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
14. A city in northern India.
15. Toward the mouth or oral region.
16. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
18. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
19. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
20. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
23. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
31. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
33. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. The month following February and preceding April.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
53. The act of scanning.
57. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
60. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
62. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
64. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
65. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
66. With rapid movements.
68. A Hindu prince or king in India.
70. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
71. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
72. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
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1. Shout loudly and without restraint.
2. A genus of European owls.
3. An utterance made by exhaling audibly.
4. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
9. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. 1/1000 gram.
29. In bed.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A white trivalent metallic element.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
44. A decree that prohibits something.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A person of Polish descent.
48. Type genus of the Amiidae.
51. Indigo bush.
52. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
54. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
55. A French abbot.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
59. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
61. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
67. An informal term for a father.
69. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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