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1. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
4. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
10. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
18. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. Of or relating to or involving an area.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. A French abbot.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. An associate degree in applied science.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
46. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
54. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
56. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
57. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
58. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
61. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
62. Made warm or hot.
63. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
64. By bad luck.
65. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
66. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
3. A just detectable amount.
4. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
5. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
6. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
7. A state in New England.
8. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
9. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
12. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
21. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
26. A Hindu prince or king in India.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
30. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. 16 ounces.
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
44. The capital of Mali.
47. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
48. Social status or position conferred by a system based on class.
51. Any plant of the genus Inula.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Squash bugs.
55. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
59. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
60. God of the earth.
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