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1. River in eastern Asia.
5. Lower in esteem.
10. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
13. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
14. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A genus of Lamnidae.
18. Capital of Armenia.
20. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Fallow deer.
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
28. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
30. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
31. State in northeastern India.
35. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
37. Genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
41. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
42. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
44. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
48. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
49. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
52. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
54. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
56. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
60. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
61. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
66. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
67. A sharp change in direction.
68. The sign language used in the United States.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A university in Connecticut.
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. 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.
9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
10. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Type genus of the Ranidae.
17. A large fleet.
19. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
25. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
32. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
33. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
34. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
47. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
50. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
55. By bad luck.
57. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. Very dark black.
59. A feeling of intense anger.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
63. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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