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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. No longer frozen solid.
15. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Of greater importance or stature or rank.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
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.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
27. A person who yawns.
30. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. Dyed with henna.
46. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
48. Music performed for dancing the polka.
52. Squash bugs.
55. Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging.
57. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
58. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
63. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
65. (British) Your grandmother.
66. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
5. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. Absent without permission.
8. A source of danger.
9. A state in north central United States.
10. Largest known toad species.
11. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
12. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
18. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
24. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
26. The longest division of geological time.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
36. Before noon.
37. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. The basic unit of money in Romania.
42. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
44. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
45. Rate of revolution of a motor.
47. A genus of Platalea.
49. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
53. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. The highest level or degree attainable.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
60. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
64. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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