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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Drained of energy or effectiveness.
9. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
16. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
17. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
18. A sudden short attack.
19. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
22. A French abbot.
24. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
25. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
31. A bottle with a stopper.
34. The capital of Morocco.
38. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
49. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
50. In bed.
51. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
54. Type genus of the Anatidae.
57. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
61. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
62. An advanced law degree.
63. Wear away.
65. (informal) Of the highest quality.
66. A branch of the Tai languages.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A period of time spent sleeping.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
5. Susceptible to being led or directed.
6. Normal relaxed breathing.
7. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
8. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
9. Lean end of the neck.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. In a gay manner.
12. A machine or person that adds.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Jordan's port.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
39. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
40. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
44. United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927).
46. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
47. Full of germs or pathological microorganisms.
48. A person forced to flee from home or country.
52. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
56. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A young woman making her debut into society.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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