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1. A decree that prohibits something.
4. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
9. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
13. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
14. The capital of Switzerland.
15. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
16. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. A woman religious.
19. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
21. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
24. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
25. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
29. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
30. A light touch or stroke.
33. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. Unknown god.
39. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
43. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. Largest known toad species.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. A soft silvery metallic element.
49. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
59. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
61. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
64. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
65. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
67. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
68. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
69. Make less active or intense.
70. Marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. A genus of Indriidae.
3. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
7. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
8. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
12. A Loloish language.
20. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
22. A Hindu prince or king in India.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A doctor's degree in religion.
28. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. The month following July and preceding September.
35. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
36. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
40. A tight-fitting headdress.
41. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes.
42. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
43. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
44. A master's degree in business.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. Order by virtue of superior authority.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
58. Showily imitative of art or artists.
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. Fiddler crabs.
63. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
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