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1. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
4. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
10. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
15. A branch of the Tai languages.
16. An important person in India.
18. Preserve of crushed fruit.
19. Take in solid food.
20. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. English monk and scholar (672-735).
24. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
25. A town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
27. God of the Underworld.
31. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
37. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
38. A light touch or stroke.
40. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
41. The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
44. Jordan's port.
46. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. Engaged in as a pastime.
52. Affect with wonder.
56. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
57. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
60. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
61. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
62. Used especially in treating bruises.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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1. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
2. Of or relating to near the ear.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A state in the western United States.
7. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon.
11. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
12. Supreme Teutonic god.
17. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
26. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
28. On or toward the lee.
29. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
30. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
32. A farewell remark.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
35. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A quantity of no importance.
42. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
43. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. God of love and erotic desire.
49. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
50. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
51. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
53. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
54. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
55. Very dark black.
58. A castrated tomcat.
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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