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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
9. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
15. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
16. The Destroyer.
18. In the Roman calendar.
19. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
20. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
22. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
23. An authoritative person who divines the future.
25. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
26. A bachelor's degree in theology.
27. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
30. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
33. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
36. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
40. Greek mythology.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. Lacking motor coordination.
45. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
48. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
49. Rapid and indistinct speech.
52. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men.
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. British informal term.
62. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
64. (Irish) The sea personified.
65. The residue that remains when something is burned.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
2. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
3. A warning against certain acts.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
6. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
9. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds.
10. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
11. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
12. Complacently or inanely foolish.
17. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
29. Deeply moved.
31. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
44. A city in central Tanzania.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Any plant of the genus Erica.
50. By bad luck.
51. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
53. An account describing incidents or events.
54. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
59. Top part of an apron.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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