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1. Having only superficial plausibility.
4. The capital of Bahrain.
10. The sign language used in the United States.
13. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
18. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
19. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
20. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
21. The act of killing yourself.
23. The highest level or degree attainable.
26. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
27. Type genus of the family Alopiidae.
30. A woman of refinement.
34. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
35. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
39. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. Having leadership guidance.
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
50. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
53. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
57. Jordan's port.
58. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
61. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
62. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
63. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. A large fleet.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
69. An informal term for a father.
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1. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
4. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. Affected manners intended to impress others.
8. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
9. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
10. God of fire.
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
24. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
25. A city in southern Finland.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
32. In bed.
33. Produced by a manufacturing process.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. Of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan.
47. A doctor's degree in religion.
49. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
51. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
52. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
54. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
55. A sudden short attack.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. (informal) Roused to anger.
61. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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