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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
9. 100 kobos equal 1 naira.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
15. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
17. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
18. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
19. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
40. A crime syndicate in the United States.
41. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
43. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
47. Dyed with henna.
50. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
52. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
55. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
56. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. A young horse.
61. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
62. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
63. An account describing incidents or events.
64. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
4. How long something has existed.
5. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
6. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
7. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
10. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
11. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
12. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
20. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
22. A woman of refinement.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
31. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
33. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. 10 grams.
38. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
39. One who adheres to traditional views.
40. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
42. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
46. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
48. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
49. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
51. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
52. Being nine more than ninety.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. God of love and erotic desire.
57. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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