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1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. Armor plate that protects the foot.
11. A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
15.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
17. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
18. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
19. Superior to the average.
20. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
21. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. A slender double-reed instrument. 24.The largest island of the central Ryukyu
Islands.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. (biology) Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
35. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
38. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 40.The activity of looking thoroughly in
order to find something or someone.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
50. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
52. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
53. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
56. Squash bugs.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
60.The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
63. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. Little known Kamarupan languages.
69. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
71. A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.
72.The act of preventing the opposition
from scoring (in sports).
75. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
76.The fleshy part of the human body that
you sit on.
77. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
78. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Spot, stain, or pollute.
7. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
8. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
9. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. A boat for communication between ship and shore.
12.The part of the eye that contains the iris
and ciliary body and choroid.
13. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
23. (Scotland) A slope or hillside. 25.The largest city in Pakistan.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
27. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
30. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
31. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
32. A three-tone Chadic language.
33. A genus of Stromateidae.
34. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
36. Seed of a pea plant.
37. A rapid escape (as by criminals). 41.The capital and chief port of Qatar.
43. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek.
48. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
49. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
51. The cry made by sheep.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling. 59.The capital of Egypt and the largest
city in Africa.
61.The sixth month of the civil year.
62. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
64. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
66. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
70. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
73. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
74. A state in northwestern North America.