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1. The unit of frequency.
4. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
10. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
13. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
14. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
18. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
19. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
20. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
22. Blood-sucking African fly.
24. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
26. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
30. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
34. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
35. The probability of a specified outcome.
38. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
39. Have confidence or faith in.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
43. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
45. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
49. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
52. Enthusiastic approval.
56. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
60. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
61. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
65. Made of fir or pine.
66. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
67. An audiotape recording of sound.
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1. Colloquial British abbreviation.
2. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A Russian river.
7. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
8. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
9. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
10. An informal conversation.
11. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
12. Be foolish or senile due to old age.
17. (British) A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
21. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
23. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
27. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
28. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
32. Moderate or restrain.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. 1/10 gram.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. Obvious and dull.
48. Jordan's port.
50. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
51. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
53. (Welsh) A warrior god.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. United States sculptor (1860-1936).
57. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
58. The fatty flesh of eel.
59. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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