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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
13. A genus of Mustelidae.
14. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
15. Fiddler crabs.
16. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
17. Imagined as in a play.
19. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
21. Untanned hide especially of cattle.
23. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
26. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
34. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
36. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
41. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
44. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A person who groans.
50. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
52. The back side of the neck.
54. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
58. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
64. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
65. A thrusting blow with a knife.
66. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
67. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
2. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A woman of refinement.
5. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
6. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
7. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
8. 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.
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
11. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
12. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
18. Affectedly trendy.
20. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
22. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
24. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
25. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
28. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
29. The sign language used in the United States.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
37. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
40. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
41. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
42. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
43. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
44. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
48. Subject to a ruling authority.
49. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
50. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
51. The sacred city of Lamaism.
53. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
55. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
56. A French abbot.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
61. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
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