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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. A young unmarried woman.
10. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
13. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
14. An authoritative person who divines the future.
15. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. Type genus of the Canidae.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
21. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
23. Tag the base runner to get him out.
24. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
25. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
27. A unit of language that native speakers can identify.
30. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
34. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
35. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
38. The habitation of wild animals.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Singing jazz.
46. The month following March and preceding May.
47. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. An instance of questioning.
55. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
59. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
60. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
63. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
64. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
65. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
66. (British) Your grandmother.
67. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. A licensed medical practitioner.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
7. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
8. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. Jordan's port.
20. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Type genus of the Ranidae.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
36. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
41. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
43. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
54. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
56. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
57. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
58. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
61. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
62. The bill in a restaurant.
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