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1. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
5. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
10. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. A genus of Mustelidae.
14. Moving quickly and lightly.
15. Term of address for a man.
16. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
17. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. Of a tire.
21. A city and port in northern Jutland.
23. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. An operating system that is on a disk.
30. The residue that remains when something is burned.
31. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
35. Any plant of the genus Episcia.
38. A Loloish language.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. An informal term for a father.
41. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
42. The act of scanning.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
64. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
65. Raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
68. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
69. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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1. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
2. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
5. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. In accordance with truth or fact or reality.
10. A genus of European owls.
11. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. A person forced to flee from home or country.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
25. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
32. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
34. 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.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. An enclosed space.
50. In bed.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
53. An instinctive motive.
54. (Greek mythology) God of love.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. With no effort to conceal.
58. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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