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1. In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
5. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A town in north central Oklahoma.
14. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
17. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
20. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
21. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. A quantity of no importance.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. The month following March and preceding May.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A port city in southwestern Iran.
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
53. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. Of a pale purple color.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
64. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
66. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
68. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
69. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
2. A member of the Uniat Church.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
5. Squash bugs.
6. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
7. Being one more than two.
8. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
9. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
10. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
29. Type genus of the Pipidae.
30. An account describing incidents or events.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. In bed.
47. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
50. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
51. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. Very dark black.
56. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
59. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
60. A toilet in England.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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