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1. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
10. (informal) Roused to anger.
13. A unit of pressure.
14. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
18. State in northeastern India.
20. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
21. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
22. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
23. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific.
27. One thousandth of a second.
28. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
37. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
41. A Loloish language.
43. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
44. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. 16 ounces.
51. Remove the clip from.
53. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
58. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
59. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
61. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
62. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
63. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
66. (British) Your grandmother.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
2. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
3. Preserve a dead body.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. An herb with milky juice.
6. Slices of bread that have been toasted.
7. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
8. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
9. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
10. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
19. A large number or amount.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Dignified manner or conduct.
31. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. An imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
39. The food served and eaten at one time.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. Squash bugs.
49. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
52. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
54. (informal) Exceptionally good.
55. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
56. Little known Kamarupan languages.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. An informal term for a father.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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