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1. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
4. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
10. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
13. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
14. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
17. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
19. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
26. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
37. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
44. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
45. 1/10 gram.
46. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
57. German mathematician (1804-1851).
58. Having or resembling a beak.
59. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
60. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
63. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
64. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
67. A decree that prohibits something.
68. Of southern Europe.
69. Struck with especially the open hand.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
2. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
3. A city in northern India.
4. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
5. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. After noon.
10. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
11. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
12. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
28. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. A local computer network for communication between computers.
35. Being nine more than ninety.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Disparaging terms for the common people.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. Asiatic wild dog.
47. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
48. The quantity a scoop will hold.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
52. Lower in esteem.
54. Jordan's port.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
62. The airforce of Great Britain.
65. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
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