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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
15. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
16. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
17. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
18. Not in action or at work.
19. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
24. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Herbs of temperate regions.
37. State in northeastern India.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
41. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
42. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
46. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
47. Jordan's port.
49. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Late time of life.
57. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
62. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
64. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
66. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
67. A boy or man.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. People having the same social or economic status.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side.
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
5. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
6. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. 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.
9. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
10. The capital and largest city of Japan.
11. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Pale gray.
31. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
38. The act of scanning.
43. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
48. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
49. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
50. A public square with room for pedestrians.
51. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
54. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. An honorary degree in science.
59. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
65. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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