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1. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
4. Strike with a flat object.
10. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. Large European marine food fish.
15. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
16. Tropical Asian starlings.
18. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
20. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
24. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A genus of Phalaropidae.
32. A rapid bustling commotion.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
44. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
46. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
48. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
49. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
57. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
59. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
62. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
63. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
64. Away from the mouth or oral region.
65. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
66. The cry made by sheep.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
2. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
3. Wife of Balder.
4. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
6. Of a pale purple color.
7. How long something has existed.
8. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers.
9. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
10. A state in the western United States.
11. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
30. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
31. The complete duration of something.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
45. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
47. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. God of death.
54. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
55. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
56. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
58. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
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