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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
10. A federally chartered savings bank.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. Of or at or relating to an anode.
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
16. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
18. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
20. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
22. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Baby bed with high sides.
39. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A deep bow.
46. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
48. A bachelor's degree in religion.
50. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
55. 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.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
63. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
66. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
67. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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1. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Type genus of the Majidae.
4. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. An uproarious party.
7. A doctor's degree in optometry.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. Type genus of the Bramidae.
17. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. Found along western Atlantic coast.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
29. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
30. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. A small nail.
35. Type genus of the Amiidae.
37. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
38. A decree that prohibits something.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. An informal term for a father.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. English monk and scholar (672-735).
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. Again but in a new or different way.
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
57. Common Indian weaverbird.
58. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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