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1. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
5. Type genus of the Majidae.
9. Strike sharply.
13. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
14. Very dark black.
15. A Loloish language.
16. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
18. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
19. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
20. Half the width of an em.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).
30. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A state in northwestern North America.
36. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
38. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
40. The highest level or degree attainable.
43. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
44. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
45. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. Adult female chicken.
51. A flexible container with a single opening.
52. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
54. A state in New England.
55. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
58. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled.
62. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
63. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Late time of life.
68. Jordan's port.
69. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
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1. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. African mahogany trees.
10. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
11. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
12. A city in Tuscany.
17. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
24. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
25. 16 ounces.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
32. A female domestic.
35. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
37. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
39. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
41. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
42. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
47. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
49. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
53. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
54. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. The basic unit of money in Albania.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A bachelor's degree in religion.
66. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
67. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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