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1. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
4. Rip off.
10. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
13. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
14. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
15. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
16. (prefix) Within.
18. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
19. A genus of Platalea.
21. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
22. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
24. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
29. A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
33. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
37. A state in northwestern North America.
38. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
39. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
40. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
42. Great coolness and composure under strain.
45. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
49. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
52. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
56. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
60. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
62. The cry made by sheep.
63. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
64. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
66. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
67. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
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1. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
2. Tropical Asian starlings.
3. Affecting things past.
4. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
5. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
6. One of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger.
7. Fiddler crabs.
8. A state in New England.
9. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
10. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
11. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
12. Continuing or remaining in a place or state.
17. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
20. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
23. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
30. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
31. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
32. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
34. Step on it.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
43. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
44. (Welsh) A warrior god.
46. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
50. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Give over.
54. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
59. A quantity that is added.
65. An informal term for a father.
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