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1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
9. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
13. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
14. Satisfy (thirst).
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. Make harsh or harsher.
18. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
20. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
21. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
22. Type genus of the Anatidae.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
28. The father of your father or mother.
33. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
34. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
35. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
38. King of Scotland (died in 1057).
41. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. (India) Absolutely first class and genuine.
51. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
55. A self-governing colony of Denmark on the Faroe Islands.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
63. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
65. A local computer network for communication between computers.
66. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
67. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
5. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. Type genus of the Nepidae.
9. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
10. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
11. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
12. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
17. The act of scanning.
19. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
23. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
26. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
30. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
31. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
37. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
39. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
40. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Made of or resembling lace.
54. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
60. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
64. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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