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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
10. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Of or like a cecum.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
17. A nation in northern North America.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Greek mythology.
24. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A Hindu prince or king in India.
34. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
39. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
43. A radioactive transuranic element.
46. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. How long something has existed.
56. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
65. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
66. An account of the author's personal experiences.
67. A loud harsh or strident noise.
68. Take in solid food.
69. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
70. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Having been read.
3. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. A Russian river.
7. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
8. A slight amount or degree of difference.
9. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
20. A quantity of no importance.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
33. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
44. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
45. Having a gradual increase in width.
48. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
53. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
55. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
58. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
59. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
62. Being one more than two.
63. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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