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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
10. Of southern Europe.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
18. A Spanish river.
19. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
21. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Jordan's port.
29. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
42. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
44. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
45. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
46. The capital and largest city of Japan.
49. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. The habitation of wild animals.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
60. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
61. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
62. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
64. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. A boy or man.
66. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
67. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Altered from an originally straight condition.
2. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
3. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. A castrated tomcat.
8. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
9. Gone by.
10. God of fire.
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
27. God of love and erotic desire.
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. An elaborate song for solo voice.
31. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
32. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
35. In bed.
36. Brass that looks like gold.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
40. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
41. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
48. Type genus of the Triglidae.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
59. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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