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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. North American rat snakes.
10. The unit of frequency.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
15. An affirmative.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. (Britain) Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
23. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
29. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
33. One of the players on the line of scrimmage.
37. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
38. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
39. Being nine more than forty.
40. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
43. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
57. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
60. 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.
61. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
62. Come into possession of.
64. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
65. A negative.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
5. A person afflicted with leprosy.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. Make a plat of.
8. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
9. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
10. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
11. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
12. Same in identity.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
24. A yearning for something or to do something.
27. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
28. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
30. A deep prolonged loud noise.
31. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
32. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
34. 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.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. One of the three Furies.
46. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
48. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
50. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
51. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
55. Little known Kamarupan languages.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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