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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. 10 grams.
14. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A genus of Lamnidae.
19. By bad luck.
21. A flexible container with a single opening.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
24. In bed.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
40. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. An associate degree in nursing.
42. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. (archaic) Of persons.
46. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
49. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
61. An associate degree in applied science.
62. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
64. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
67. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
4. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
5. Jordan's port.
6. Large American feline resembling a lion.
7. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
8. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
9. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
22. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
29. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
30. Using speech rather than writing.
31. Of a quality, as in.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A genus of Platalea.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
41. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
47. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
48. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
50. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Type genus of the Ranidae.
55. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
59. The residue that remains when something is burned.
60. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
63. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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