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1. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
5. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
14. Greek mythology.
15. God of the earth.
16. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
18. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
20. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
22. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
24. A deep bow.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. Largest known toad species.
31. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
35. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
37. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
38. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
39. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Not only so, but.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
50. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
53. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
54. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
58. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
59. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
64. Away from the mouth or oral region.
66. A master's degree in education.
67. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
2. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
3. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.
4. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. A three-tone Chadic language.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Lacking excess flesh.
12. A French abbot.
17. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
19. Jordan's port.
21. Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people.
23. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
32. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
33. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
34. The act of scanning.
36. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
41. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
42. A three-tone Chadic language.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. A resource.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
49. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. Avatar of Vishnu.
56. In bed.
57. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
65. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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