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1. Avatar of Vishnu.
5. A large number or amount.
10. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
17. More than enough in size or scope or capacity.
18. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
20. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
22. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
23. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
24. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
30. An informal term for a father.
34. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
37. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
43. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
52. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
60. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
66. Situated at an apex.
67. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
70. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
2. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
3. Informal terms for a mother.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
6. Young of domestic cattle.
7. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
10. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
11. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
25. An accountant certified by the state.
28. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
31. The sixth month of the civil year.
32. Fallow deer.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. British informal term.
36. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
44. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
50. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
51. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
53. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
55. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
57. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
58. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
59. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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