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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. A transuranic element.
14. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
15. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
16. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
17. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
21. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
23. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
37. A doctor's degree in education.
38. A bachelor's degree in theology.
39. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
49. A grant made by a law court.
55. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
57. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
58. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
59. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
61. Extremely pleasing.
62. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
63. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
64. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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1. The lowest brass wind instrument.
2. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
3. The female or generative principle.
4. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
5. Affect with wonder.
6. Of the blackest black.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
11. Heal or recover.
12. An informal term for a father.
20. Located at or near the back of an animal.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
30. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
31. Make anew.
32. Pale gray.
41. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
42. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
43. Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
44. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
48. Production of a certain amount.
50. A twist or aberration.
51. English essayist (1775-1834).
52. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
53. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. A French abbot.
56. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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