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1. A vigorous blow.
5. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
9. God of death.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
16. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
17. An unforeseen obstacle.
18. Type genus of the Majidae.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
34. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
37. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
40. A genus of Ploceidae.
41. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
42. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
43. The content of cognition.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
48. The cry made by sheep.
51. A ribbon used as a decoration.
54. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
63. A Hindu prince or king in India.
64. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
65. (Babylonian and Assyrian) Goddess of love and fertility and war.
67. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
68. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
69. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
70. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
5. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
9. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
12. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
20. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
29. Toward the mouth or oral region.
30. English monk and scholar (672-735).
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
35. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
36. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
44. Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others.
47. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
53. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
54. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Slightly open.
57. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
60. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
62. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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