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1. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. Any of various units of capacity.
13. (Babylonian) The sky god.
14. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
18. Of or relating to lizards.
20. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
21. Russian country house.
22. Goddess of fate.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. The face or front of a building.
38. A boy or man.
39. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
41. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
44. A doctor's degree in optometry.
45. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
46. Jordan's port.
49. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
51. A place where the wicked are punished after death.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. Lie adjacent to another.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. The month following February and preceding April.
65. A castrated tomcat.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. Shaped like a cube.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
4. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
5. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
6. A long-playing phonograph record.
7. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Any taillike structure.
10. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
11. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
12. A Russian river.
17. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
23. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
24. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Offering fun and gaiety.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
36. The highest level or degree attainable.
37. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
40. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
43. A decree that prohibits something.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. A rapid bustling commotion.
61. Either extremity of something that has length.
63. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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