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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Constituting an imitation.
9. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
13. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
14. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
15. A wound made by cutting.
16. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A genus of Paridae.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. A state in the eastern United States.
27. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
39. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
40. Type genus of the Otariidae.
42. A state in New England.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
49. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
52. Any plant of the genus Erica.
56. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
57. Informal terms for a meal.
60. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
64. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
65. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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1. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
2. Great merriment.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
8. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A small island.
12. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
17. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
19. A warning against certain acts.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
25. Lower in esteem.
28. A slight amount or degree of difference.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
32. English essayist (1775-1834).
33. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
36. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
37. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
41. Fallow deer.
45. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
46. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
48. Type genus of the Vespidae.
50. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. Cry weakly or softly.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
54. 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.
55. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
59. The bill in a restaurant.
63. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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