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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A design that consists of recurring shapes or colors.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. A city in central New York.
15. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
16. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
20. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
22. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
31. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. The capital of Mali.
44. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
49. A wind instrument.
53. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
57. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
59. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
60. A telegram sent abroad.
63. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
64. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
65. Jordan's port.
66. A Greek sandwich.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Cheese containing a blue mold.
3. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
4. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
6. The extreme end of something.
7. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
8. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
11. Any of various small biting flies.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. The act of scanning.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
33. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
34. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Of or relating to the wrist.
41. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
42. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
43. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
44. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
45. 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.
46. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
51. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
52. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
54. A city in northern India.
55. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
58. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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