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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
13. Located in or toward the back or rear.
14. Jordan's port.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
17. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
19. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. Derive or receive pleasure from.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
40. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
45. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica.
47. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
48. Used of a single unit or thing.
50. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
53. A member of an ancient people living east of Babylonia as early as 4000 BC.
57. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
60. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
61. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
64. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
65. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A woman religious.
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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
2. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. A large fleet.
5. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
6. A Loloish language.
7. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
9. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
10. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
11. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. In bed.
28. Flat and uninspiring.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
34. An unforeseen obstacle.
35. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
38. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
41. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
42. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
43. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
44. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
46. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
52. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
54. Extremely robust.
55. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
56. Very dark black.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
62. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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