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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
10. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Call forth.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
19. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
21. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
23. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
25. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
26. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
29. God of love and erotic desire.
31. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
32. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
36. 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.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
48. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
51. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
55. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
56. The act of scanning.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A cooperative unit.
62. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
63. A Loloish language.
64. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
65. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
5. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
6. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
7. Failing to detonate.
8. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
9. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
10. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
11. A genus of Ploceidae.
12. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
20. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. Jordan's port.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
28. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
34. A master's degree in business.
35. A light touch or stroke.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
44. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
50. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
52. Framework for holding objects.
53. A slender double-reed instrument.
54. A quantity of no importance.
57. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
58. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
61. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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