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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Appearing earlier in the same text.
9. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
13. A master's degree in education.
14. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
15. Very dark black.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
18. Family based on male descent.
19. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
21. A young eagle.
23. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
26. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
34. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
37. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
39. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
41. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
43. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
62. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
63. A covered passageway.
65. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
68. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. Type genus of the Amiidae.
2. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
5. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
6. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
7. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
8. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
9. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
10. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
11. Not present.
12. In or of the present month.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. 10 grams.
27. The closing section of a musical composition.
28. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
32. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
33. Toward the mouth or oral region.
35. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
36. Loose or flaccid body fat.
40. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
44. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
47. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
50. In bed.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
54. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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