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1. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
4. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
10. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
15. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
16. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
17. Someone who engages in debate.
18. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
19. Very great.
21. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
23. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
28. The residue that remains when something is burned.
29. Greek mythology.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
38. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
39. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
40. Minor or subordinate.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
56. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
60. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
65. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
71. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
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1. A genus of Mustelidae.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
5. 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.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture.
7. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture.
10. Largest known toad species.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
24. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
31. The twelfth month of the civil year.
32. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. An unofficial association of people or groups.
41. Not only so, but.
43. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
46. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
55. The act of scanning.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
58. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
59. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. A state in northwestern North America.
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