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1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
4. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
10. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
14. Roman emperor and adoptive son of Nerva.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
18. Set down according to a plan.
19. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Type genus of the Phocidae.
27. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
41. God of wealth and love.
43. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. A large fleet.
62. Fiddler crabs.
63. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
66. Having leadership guidance.
67. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
68. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
69. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. Baby bed with high sides.
4. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
5. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
6. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
7. A genus of Platalea.
8. A quantity that is added.
9. Either extremity of something that has length.
10. Late time of life.
11. A person to whom money is paid.
12. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
17. A mistake resulting from inattention.
21. The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
25. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
29. The content of cognition.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. (informal) Roused to anger.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
38. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
39. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
42. Offering fun and gaiety.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
47. Jordan's port.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
57. In bed.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
61. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
64. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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