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1. A unit of pressure.
4. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
10. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
13. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
14. Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people.
15. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
16. 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.
18. A slight amount or degree of difference.
20. A large fleet.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
30. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
34. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
36. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
37. (informal) Roused to anger.
38. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
41. Excessively fat.
44. A doctor's degree in optometry.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. The longest river of Asia.
49. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
57. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
60. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
61. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
63. A notable achievement.
64. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
65. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
2. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
3. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
8. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
9. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
10. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
11. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
17. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
19. A blind god.
21. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
22. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
31. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
32. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
39. Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a gray-and-black body and reddish head.
40. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
41. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
48. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
51. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
52. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
54. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A quantity of no importance.
59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. A state in the eastern United States.
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