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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
5. Goddess of dawn.
10. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
13. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
14. The skin that covers the top of the head.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
18. Slightly open.
19. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
26. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
27. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
42. United States playwright (1906-1963).
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
47. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
50. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
51. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
52. 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.
55. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur.
59. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
60. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
63. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
64. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
66. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
67. Make amends for.
68. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
69. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
4. A warning against certain acts.
5. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
8. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
9. A pesticide in suspension or solution.
10. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
11. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. The sign language used in the United States.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Relating to the Urdu language.
29. The content of cognition.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
40. Any plant of the genus Erica.
43. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
46. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
47. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
48. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
49. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.
50. Address God.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. Full of zest or vigor.
55. Take in solid food.
56. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
57. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
58. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
61. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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