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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
13. A quantity of no importance.
14. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
18. One of the common people.
19. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
20. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
22. A town in central Belgium.
24. An elaborate song for solo voice.
25. The residue that remains when something is burned.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A New England state.
30. Imperial moths.
33. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
35. A master's degree in business.
37. Make less active or intense.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. The square of a body of any size of type.
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
44. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
45. Not only so, but.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
50. Supreme cosmic deity.
56. Lower in esteem.
58. The front limb of a quadruped.
60. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
67. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
68. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Squash bugs.
2. An extreme state of adversity.
3. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
4. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
5. A state in midwestern United States.
6. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
7. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
8. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
11. A person of Iranian descent.
12. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
26. A man who serves as a sailor.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. An enclosed space.
34. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
36. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
38. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
41. The sacred city of Lamaism.
46. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
48. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
51. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
52. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
53. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
57. Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money.
59. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
61. A local computer network for communication between computers.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
66. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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