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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Muslim name for God.
18. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. Speaking a Slavic language.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. Of the blackest black.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
45. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
47. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
52. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
54. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
58. Toward the mouth or oral region.
60. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
61. Being one more than two.
64. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
65. A local computer network for communication between computers.
66. Of or relating to a creed.
67. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
3. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
4. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. The basic unit of money on Malta.
7. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A genus of Indriidae.
21. The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. A Hindu prince or king in India.
30. In bed.
31. Moderate or restrain.
36. An island in the Persian Gulf.
38. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
39. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
40. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
43. Set down according to a plan.
46. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. An elaborate song for solo voice.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. The food served and eaten at one time.
57. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
59. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
62. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
63. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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