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1. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
4. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
10. A human limb.
13. (informal) Roused to anger.
14. Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
18. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
19. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
22. A Loloish language.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
41. A state in northwestern North America.
42. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
43. A partially opened flower.
44. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
45. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
48. Before noon.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. Either extremity of something that has length.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
59. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
69. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. Small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe.
5. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
6. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
7. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
8. God of fire.
9. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
10. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
11. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
20. Jordan's port.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
24. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
26. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
31. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
33. A European river.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938).
40. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
46. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
51. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
56. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
57. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
58. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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