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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
14. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. Little known Kamarupan languages.
21. A master's degree in fine arts.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Type genus of the Gavidae.
29. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
31. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
32. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
36. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
37. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. A young woman making her debut into society.
51. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
58. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
59. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
62. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
63. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
64. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
66. A small piece of cloth.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
69. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
3. Make less visible or unclear.
4. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
5. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A motley assortment of things.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. Type genus of the Ranidae.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
24. In bed.
27. British informal term.
28. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
30. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
34. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
40. American novelist (1909-1955).
41. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
42. A light touch or stroke.
46. Go ashore.
47. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
50. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
57. At or constituting a border or edge.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. A master's degree in business.
65. Being one more than fifty.
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