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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
10. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
14. Coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
17. An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts.
18. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
19. Jordan's port.
21. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
29. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
30. On or toward the lee.
31. Again but in a new or different way.
35. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
39. A column of light (as from a beacon).
40. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
55. Before noon.
56. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
63. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
65. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
66. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
67. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
5. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
6. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
7. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
8. German mathematician (1804-1851).
9. On, to, or at the top.
10. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
11. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
12. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
20. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
23. Considerate and solicitous care.
24. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
27. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
28. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
32. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A state in the western United States.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
44. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
47. Half the width of an em.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Jordan's port.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
52. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
54. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
55. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Black tropical American cuckoo.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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