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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A worker who fastens things by tacking them down.
10. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
13. Take in solid food.
14. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
18. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
20. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
22. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. The state of existing and being localized in space.
28. Highly excited.
30. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
31. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. A state of southwestern India.
37. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
39. Type genus of the Nepidae.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
52. A large fleet.
56. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
61. An informal term for a father.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
66. Absent without permission.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
69. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
2. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
3. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
8. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
9. The capital of Morocco.
10. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. A three-tone Chadic language.
17. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
21. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
23. Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
33. Indicating the most important performer or role.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
40. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
44. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
50. Unknown god.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. A sudden short attack.
54. Produced by a manufacturing process.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
63. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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