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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
10. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
13. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
14. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
17. A long and hard-hit fly ball.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai people in Mali and Niger.
23. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A decree that prohibits something.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
35. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
37. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
38. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. A branch of the Tai languages.
51. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
53. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
59. 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.
60. A bachelor's degree in religion.
61. The sign language used in the United States.
62. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
66. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
67. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
68. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
69. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. A loose cloak with a hood.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. The seventh month of the civil year.
8. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
9. Being nine more than forty.
10. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
18. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
24. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. 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.
32. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
34. Being nine more than ninety.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
40. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
42. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. Squash bugs.
48. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
49. Jordan's port.
50. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
54. In bed.
55. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
58. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
60. Any high mountain.
63. A Russian river.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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