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1. A vigorous blow.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
17. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
18. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A resident of Idaho.
24. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
28. A female domestic.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
35. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. Young sheep.
41. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. South African term for `boss'.
56. COmmon Business Oriented Language.
58. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
63. Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist.
65. A light touch or stroke.
66. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
67. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
68. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
69. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
5. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
8. A port city in southwestern Iran.
9. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
10. In addition.
11. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
12. The act of scanning.
21. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
22. A word that is spoken aloud.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
31. An informal term for a father.
33. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
36. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
37. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
38. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
42. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
43. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
45. Love intensely.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. In bed.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
57. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
59. The month following March and preceding May.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
64. A state in midwestern United States.
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