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1. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. Force to leave (an office).
10. A republic in central Europe.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. A short synopsis.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
19. Jordan's port.
21. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
22. A city in northern India.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
26. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. A city in the European part of Russia.
37. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
39. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
41. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
48. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
53. Walk or tramp about.
55. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
59. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
60. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
65. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
66. A doctor's degree in theology.
67. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
68. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
69. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
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1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. Framework for holding objects.
3. A large fleet.
4. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. Toward the mouth or oral region.
8. A descendent or heir.
9. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
11. Located in or toward the back or rear.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A coffin along with its stand.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
30. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
31. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
32. A quantity of no importance.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
42. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
44. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
46. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
49. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
51. Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.
52. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
54. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
56. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
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