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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. The right to enter.
10. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. By bad luck.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Having a bib.
24. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. The part of the face above the eyes.
29. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
35. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A genus of Mustelidae.
43. God of wisdom or prophesy.
47. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
48. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
50. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
53. In an unnatural eery manner.
57. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
58. As the agent of or on someone's part.
62. The cry made by sheep.
63. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
64. Type genus of the Otariidae.
65. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
5. Act together, as of organisms.
6. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
7. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
8. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
9. Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
12. A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant.
20. A neutral middle vowel.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Type genus of the Ranidae.
28. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
30. A city in the European part of Russia.
31. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
32. Soft creamy white cheese.
33. A republic in western South America.
34. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
36. A Loloish language.
38. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
46. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
49. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
51. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
52. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
54. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
55. A narrow way or road.
56. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
59. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
61. 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).
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