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1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
4. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
10. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
13. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
14. Lacking social polish.
15. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
16. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
19. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
24. 1/10 gram.
25. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
27. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
28. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
31. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
44. American dramatist (1928- ).
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
55. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
58. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
60. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
61. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
63. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
64. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
65. A slight wind (usually refreshing).
68. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
69. A resource.
70. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The time during which someone's life continues.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. The act of scanning.
4. 1/1000 gram.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. 43rd President of the United States.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. A genus of Paridae.
9. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
10. Combination breakfast and lunch.
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. (informal) A bunch.
17. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852).
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
32. A master's degree in business.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
49. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
51. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
52. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
56. A city in southeastern Sweden.
57. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
59. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
62. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
66. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
67. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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