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1. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC).
13. Any high mountain.
14. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
17. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
18. A state in midwestern United States.
19. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
21. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
38. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
41. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
42. Climbing salamanders.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
49. A Russian river.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
58. A genus of Ploceidae.
61. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
62. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
63. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
65. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
67. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Unknown god.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. One thousandth of a second.
8. Inquire about.
9. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
20. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
22. Constitution of the human body.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
29. A French abbot.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
39. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
40. The residue that remains when something is burned.
43. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
50. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
52. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. God of love and erotic desire.
55. A quantity of no importance.
56. Material used to daub walls.
57. An elaborate song for solo voice.
59. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
60. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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