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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. Jordan's port.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. How long something has existed.
14. Big-eyed scad.
15. Set lower.
16. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
19. Willing to face danger.
20. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
22. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
24. Jordan's port.
27. The sign language used in the United States.
28. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A light touch or stroke.
39. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
41. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
42. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
43. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. A contorted facial expression.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Place in a grave or tomb.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
66. One who denies.
67. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
68. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
69. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
70. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
11. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk.
12. Of or relating to or involving an area.
17. Not only so, but.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
23. A radioactive transuranic element.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
30. Little known Kamarupan languages.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
36. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. An enclosed space.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. English monk and scholar (672-735).
48. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
56. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
57. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
58. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
61. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
62. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
63. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
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