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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
10. Not divisible by two.
13. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
14. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. Jordan's port.
18. A line made of twisted fibers or threads.
19. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
20. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
22. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
24. An uproarious party.
25. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. A state in midwestern United States.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
42. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
43. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
53. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. The square of a body of any size of type.
59. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
63. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
65. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
66. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
70. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
4. The act of scanning.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
7. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
8. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
9. Either extremity of something that has length.
10. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
11. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
12. Little known Kamarupan languages.
17. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. Not easy.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
39. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
40. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
41. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
48. An informal term for a father.
50. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
54. A suburb of Paris.
55. Give over.
56. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
57. A state in the eastern United States.
61. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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