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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. Growing old.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
18. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
19. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
44. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
46. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
53. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
57. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
62. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
66. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
67. The act of using.
68. An insane person.
69. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
3. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
4. God of love and erotic desire.
5. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. Black tropical American cuckoo.
8. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
9. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
20. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. The face of a timepiece.
30. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
31. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. Noisy talk.
35. Two items of the same kind.
39. A festival featuring African-American culture.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. In bed.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A book of the New Testament.
51. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
52. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
60. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
65. An associate degree in nursing.
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