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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
5. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
10. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
13. A Loloish language.
14. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
18. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
20. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
21. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
23. Take in solid food.
25. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. (informal) Roused to anger.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
39. A radioactive transuranic element.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
48. 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.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. Set down according to a plan.
57. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
60. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
63. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
66. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
67. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
70. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
71. Free from liquid or moisture.
72. A resident of Utah.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
2. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
3. Of or on or relating to the seashore.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
6. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
7. A major god.
8. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
9. An affirmative.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. Belonging to some prior time.
12. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
17. Bringing death.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. The cry made by sheep.
31. The sixth month of the civil year.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. An informal term for a father.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
40. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
43. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. Characterized by great cautious and wariness.
56. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
59. Not only so, but.
60. Extremely pleasing.
61. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
62. God of love and erotic desire.
64. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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