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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
9. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
14. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
17. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
18. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
19. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
21. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
23. In a foreign country.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
33. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. A master's degree in business.
42. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
43. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
45. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
49. A stock exchange in New York.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
55. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
59. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
63. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
70. An enclosed space.
71. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
72. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. The sacred city of Lamaism.
4. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
5. Small tropical flea.
6. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
7. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
8. God of fire.
9. An orderly assigned to serve a British military officer.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
12. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
40. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
44. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
48. A doctor's degree in optometry.
50. An affirmative.
53. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
57. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
58. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
60. 10 grams.
62. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
64. A flexible container with a single opening.
67. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
68. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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