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1. A loud harsh or strident noise.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
9. Worthless people.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
15. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
16. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
18. Type genus of the Pipidae.
19. A primeval personification of air and breath.
20. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
22. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. An artificial language related to Ido.
28. Extremely pleasing.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. An expression of greeting.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
39. A hidden drawback.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Take in solid food.
48. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. 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.
55. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
59. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
62. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
64. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. The cry made by sheep.
68. In bed.
69. Jordan's port.
70. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
2. A resident of Iowa.
3. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
4. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
5. Strike suddenly and with force.
6. Boas and pythons.
7. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
8. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
9. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
10. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
11. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
12. Tropical Asian starlings.
17. An informal term for a father.
21. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
27. Greek mythology.
31. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
32. A very troublesome child.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. Singing jazz.
38. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
40. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
41. Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. The basic unit of money in Albania.
61. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
63. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
67. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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