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1. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. A plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
10. Not in good physical or mental health.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
15. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
16. A resource.
17. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
19. Unable to see.
21. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
22. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
23. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Being nine more than forty.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A contorted facial expression.
54. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
58. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
59. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
62. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
66. Lacking in light.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. On or toward the lee.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
6. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
7. A traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
10. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
11. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
12. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
30. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
33. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Failing to detonate.
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. God of death.
42. God of love and erotic desire.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Any plant of the genus Erica.
50. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
51. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
52. 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.
53. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
54. A decree that prohibits something.
55. Using speech rather than writing.
56. Produced by a manufacturing process.
57. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
60. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
61. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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