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1. A pass between mountain peaks.
4. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
14. A genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed v 1.
18. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
19. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
21. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. The capital of Bahrain.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. Noisy talk.
27. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A state in the eastern United States.
40. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
43. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
46. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
49. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. A Loloish language.
57. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
59. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
61. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
62. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
63. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
65. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
66. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
67. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
68. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
4. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
5. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
6. At a specific prior time.
7. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
8. Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736).
9. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
10. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
11. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
12. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
20. Common Indian weaverbird.
22. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
24. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
34. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
35. A local computer network for communication between computers.
37. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
38. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
43. A squeaking sound.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
47. The amount a salary is increased.
48. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
49. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
56. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
58. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
60. Top part of an apron.
64. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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