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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
5. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
11. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
15. The act of drawing or hauling something.
16. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
17. One thousand grams.
18. A French abbot.
19. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
25. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
27. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
29. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
38. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
39. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
41. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
43. Engage or hire for work.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
47. Expel, as of gases and odors.
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
53. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
56. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
60. Genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers.
63. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
64. A branch of the Tai languages.
65. Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
68. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
69. The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens.
72. A light touch or stroke.
73. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
74. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
4. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
5. (botany) Especially of leaves.
6. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
7. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. A member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington.
12. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
20. The capital of Switzerland.
22. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
24. An indication of approved or superior status.
26. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
28. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
30. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
31. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
32. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
35. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
40. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
42. The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
45. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
48. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
49. (Greek mythology) God of the heavens.
50. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
52. A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color.
54. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
55. Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
57. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. Jordan's port.
61. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
62. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
66. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
67. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
70. A state in midwestern United States.
71. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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