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1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. The quantity contained in a keg.
10. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. An inflow.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
17. A loud resonant repeating noise.
19. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
21. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
23. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
34. A light touch or stroke.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
38. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
40. The cry made by sheep.
42. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
45. A French abbot.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
56. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
58. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
60. Obvious and dull.
63. Move as if through a sieve.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. Someone in charge of other people.
67. Being one more than two.
68. An informal term for a father.
69. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
70. Being nine more than eighty.
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1. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
2. Jordan's port.
3. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
5. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
6. The father of your father or mother.
7. Providing enjoyment.
8. Capital of modern Macedonia.
9. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
10. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
11. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
18. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. By bad luck.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A state in New England.
28. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
29. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A genus of Paridae.
40. Impressive in scale.
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. The last (12th) month of the year.
46. A bachelor's degree in music.
48. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
50. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
51. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
57. Being three more than fifty.
59. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
61. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
62. Towards the side away from the wind.
66. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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