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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
10. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. Noisy quarrel.
15. A boy or man.
16. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
19. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
21. Largest known toad species.
24. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
32. A festival featuring African-American culture.
37. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
39. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
43. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
45. A member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. (informal) Very bad.
54. Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
58. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
62. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
65. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The capital of Morocco.
2. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
3. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
4. A master's degree in fine arts.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Unknown god.
9. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
10. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
11. A special way of doing something.
12. The content of cognition.
17. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
20. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
25. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
30. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
33. A tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers.
34. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
41. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
42. The wife of a sheik.
43. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
44. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
48. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
49. A state in northwestern North America.
52. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. A quantity of no importance.
59. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. The bill in a restaurant.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
63. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
64. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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