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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
16. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
17. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
18. A bluish shade of green.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
22. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
31. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
38. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
47. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
48. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. A state in north central United States.
52. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
54. State in northeastern India.
58. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
62. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
63. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. A city in central New York.
69. A master's degree in business.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. Relating to or accompanying birth.
3. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
4. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
5. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
9. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
10. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. Among the largest bony fish.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. Having been read.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
33. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
41. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
42. Excessively fat.
45. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
51. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
53. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
55. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. God of death.
59. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
60. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
61. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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