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1. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
10. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Of or like a cecum.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
19. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
20. Regional and archaic.
22. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
24. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
25. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
28. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
36. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
39. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
48. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. Largest known toad species.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
66. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
67. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
68. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. The capital of Morocco.
2. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
3. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
4. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
5. A state in midwestern United States.
6. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
7. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
8. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
9. Give a promotion to.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
11. Relating to the Urdu language.
12. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. By bad luck.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
29. Imprudently incurring risk.
30. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
31. Being one more than twelve.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. 10 grams.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
46. American Revolutionary patriot.
47. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
50. Dearly loved.
51. In bed.
53. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
55. A sudden short attack.
56. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
61. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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