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1. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
4. Being or given to servile imitation.
9. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
13. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
14. Filled with a great quantity.
15. A line made of twisted fibers or threads.
16. A steep descent of the water of a river.
19. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
20. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
23. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
24. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
26. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
30. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
34. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A young woman making her debut into society.
41. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
51. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
58. Divulge information or secrets.
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. South African term for `boss'.
64. Rounded like an egg.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. The fatty flesh of eel.
68. Not widely known.
69. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
70. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
71. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. (of language) Transparently clear.
2. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
3. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
6. The content of cognition.
7. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
8. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
9. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
10. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
11. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
18. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
21. A festival featuring African-American culture.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
29. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
31. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
32. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
38. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
42. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
43. A resource.
46. A telegram sent abroad.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. A light touch or stroke.
52. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
55. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
57. The capital and largest city of Norway.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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