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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
10. A humorous anecdote or remark.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
18. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
19. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
20. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
21. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
25. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Having the same or similar characteristics.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Being one more than one hundred.
42. The sound made by corvine birds.
44. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
46. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. 1 species.
58. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
59. The capital of Croatia.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
64. Take to be the case or to be true.
65. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
66. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
67. Read anew.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. 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.
2. The mother of your father or mother.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A festival featuring African-American culture.
8. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
9. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
10. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
11. Jordan's port.
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
17. The basic unit of money in China.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. A rapid bustling commotion.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
42. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
43. A city in east central Texas.
45. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
47. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
49. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees.
53. Serving as or forming a base.
54. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
55. In bed.
56. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
61. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
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