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1. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
5. Horned vipers.
10. How long something has existed.
13. Chief port of Yemen.
14. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
18. The act of scanning.
19. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
20. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
21. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
22. Jordan's port.
24. (informal) Exceptionally good.
27. Being ten more than one hundred.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
38. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
39. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
41. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
43. A city in northeastern Ohio.
44. A genus of Ploceidae.
46. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
47. A language of Australian aborigines.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
58. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
61. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
62. Black tropical American cuckoo.
63. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
66. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
67. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
7. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A large fleet.
11. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
23. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
25. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
33. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
35. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
41. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
42. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
43. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
45. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
48. Complacently or inanely foolish.
49. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. The act of drawing or hauling something.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. Type genus of the Majidae.
59. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
60. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
64. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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