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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
5. Violent and needless disturbance.
10. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
13. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
14. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
15. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
16. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
18. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
19. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
20. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
21. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
23. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
25. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
32. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
34. Unwisely talking too much.
38. A Loloish language.
40. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
41. By bad luck.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. The basic unit of money in Albania.
45. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
48. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
51. Little known Kamarupan languages.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. A bachelor's degree in theology.
61. Distance measured in miles.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
66. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
67. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
7. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
8. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
9. Aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads.
10. A desert in southern Israel.
11. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
12. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom.
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Jordan's port.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
28. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
35. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
36. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
37. Noisy talk.
39. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer.
40. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
43. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
46. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
47. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
51. A state in northwestern North America.
52. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
53. Rounded like an egg.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
57. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
59. An informal term for a father.
62. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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