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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
10. The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
14. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. A port in southwestern Scotland.
17. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
18. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. Effusively sociable.
21. A soft silvery metallic element.
22. 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.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
27. Minor or subordinate.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
42. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
44. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
46. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
47. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
48. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
58. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
62. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
63. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
64. French novelist.
65. (informal) Roused to anger.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. Whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore.
2. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).
3. Of inferior or mixed breed.
4. Covered with scabs.
5. The mother of Jesus.
6. A cgs unit of work or energy.
7. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
8. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
9. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
10. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
11. Jordan's port.
12. English author of satirical novels (1903-1966).
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago.
30. A deep bow.
32. How long something has existed.
33. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
37. A container.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs.
43. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
44. Jordan's port.
45. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
49. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
52. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
53. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. An informal term for a father.
59. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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