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1. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
5. A Loloish language.
9. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
13. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
14. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
15. A sudden numbing dread.
16. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
17. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
18. A person who possesses great material wealth.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. Being derived from.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
32. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
38. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. Gone by.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. The second day of the week.
46. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
48. By bad luck.
51. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
55. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
59. A small cake leavened with yeast.
61. Marked by the reception of pay.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. An informal term for a father.
69. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
3. Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
11. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
12. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
30. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
31. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
53. A state in midwestern United States.
54. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
56. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
60. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. A doctor's degree in education.
66. An informal term for a father.
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