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1. One millionth of a gram.
4. Wear away.
10. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
15. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
16. A motley assortment of things.
18. Noisy quarrel.
20. The sixth month of the civil year.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
24. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
30. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
31. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
33. Call upon in supplication.
34. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
38. A light touch or stroke.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
43. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
45. Not divisible by two.
48. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
50. A long brightly colored shawl.
53. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
61. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
62. Similar to the natural color of pinks.
63. A city in northern India.
64. On or toward the lee.
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
66. (informal) Very tired.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
2. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A pauper who lives by begging.
6. A state in New England.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
9. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
10. A genus of Camelidae.
11. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
12. A city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait.
17. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc..
19. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
26. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
28. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
35. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
36. 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.
39. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
42. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
44. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
51. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
54. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
59. How long something has existed.
60. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
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