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1. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
4. French novelist.
10. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
13. Fiddler crabs.
14. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. A deep bow.
18. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
28. Someone who guards the entrance to a building.
32. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
36. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
40. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
43. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
44. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
47. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
54. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
56. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
60. (Babylonian) The sky god.
61. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
69. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Type genus of the Musaceae.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. A large fleet.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. (Sumerian) Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
10. English essayist (1775-1834).
11. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. Having two axes.
22. A radioactive transuranic element.
25. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
30. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
31. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
34. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
35. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
45. The basic unit of money in Finland.
46. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
49. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
50. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
52. Jordan's port.
53. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
54. A state in midwestern United States.
55. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
57. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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