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1. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
4. Placed crosswise.
10. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. A mountain peak in central Washington.
15. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
19. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
21. One thousand grams.
22. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
23. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
34. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. A state in north central United States.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A human limb.
56. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
59. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
61. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
62. Pan with a convex bottom.
63. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. (of birds) Having developed feathers or plumage.
4. Of or relating to or involving an area.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
8. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
9. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
12. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
18. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
20. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
24. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
26. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
28. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
31. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
32. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
33. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
40. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
41. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Any loose flowing garment.
45. A son who has the same first name as his father.
46. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
47. Unknown god.
48. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
53. An unofficial association of people or groups.
54. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
58. A castrated tomcat.
60. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
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