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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Wear away.
18. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
19. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. Greek mythology.
24. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
29. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
33. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
36. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
47. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
49. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
51. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
54. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
63. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
64. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
65. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
67. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
68. The fatty flesh of eel.
69. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. (Babylonian) The chief Babylonian god.
7. Toward the mouth or oral region.
8. Having leadership guidance.
9. Chief port of Yemen.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
12. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
20. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
23. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
27. River in eastern Asia.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
32. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. How long something has existed.
43. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
45. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
46. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
48. A genus of Pyralidae.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A French abbot.
53. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. Dignified manner or conduct.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
60. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
61. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
62. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
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