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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Regional and archaic.
15. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
16. Someone who delivers coal.
18. Preserve a dead body.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
22. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
33. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
37. How long something has existed.
39. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
41. Before noon.
42. A light touch or stroke.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
52. God of fire.
54. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. English monk and scholar (672-735).
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
65. The month following March and preceding May.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. (Babylonian) The sky god.
69. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
70. A port city in southwestern Iran.
71. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. Any thick messy substance.
2. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. A city in the European part of Russia.
6. Of a quality, as in.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
9. Someone whose business is advertising.
10. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
11. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
12. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
17. An island of central Hawaii.
19. An indistinct shapeless form.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
26. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
27. Having been read.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
34. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
38. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
39. A state in midwestern United States.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A native of ancient Troy.
49. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
55. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
56. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
57. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
58. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. A decree that prohibits something.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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