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1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
10. A cruel and brutal fellow.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
18. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
20. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
22. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
40. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. An Australian boomerang.
43. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
48. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
52. A city in east central Texas.
55. A small piece of cloth.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
62. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
63. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
64. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
65. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
66. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
67. In a willing manner.
68. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. Having the head uncovered.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. Fiddler crabs.
8. 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.
9. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
10. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
11. A European river.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
17. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
19. An enclosed space.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. South African term for `boss'.
30. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
32. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. Bright and pleasant.
35. A notable achievement.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
46. Of or relating to or involving an area.
47. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
49. A master's degree in literature.
50. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
51. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
53. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
54. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
56. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
59. One millionth of a gram.
60. Not in good physical or mental health.
61. A column of light (as from a beacon).
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