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1. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
4. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
10. An audiotape recording of sound.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Having the same or similar characteristics.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
19. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
21. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A large fleet.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
30. Jutting or overhanging.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
38. An associate degree in applied science.
39. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
41. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
44. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
47. A Loloish language.
48. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
54. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
58. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. South African term for `boss'.
63. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
64. Filled with fear or apprehension.
67. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
2. Of or relating to the velum.
3. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
4. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
5. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
6. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
7. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
8. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
9. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
10. Fallow deer.
11. An elaborate song for solo voice.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
20. A French abbot.
22. 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.
23. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
26. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
32. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
33. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
40. Providing protective supervision.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Not widely known.
46. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
49. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
51. A genus of Platalea.
52. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
55. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
56. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
57. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
59. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
60. A master's degree in fine arts.
65. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
66. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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