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1. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
4. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
10. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
14. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
15. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
16. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
18. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".
20. 1 species.
22. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
23. One thousandth of a second.
24. Regional and archaic.
27. A genus of Indriidae.
29. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
33. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
36. American novelist (1909-1955).
38. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
39. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. A fraudulent business scheme.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
61. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
62. The force of workers available.
63. Communicated in the form of words.
65. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
67. A large fleet.
68. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
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1. A domain in which something is dominant.
2. Goddess of dawn.
3. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
9. The eighth month of the civil year.
10. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
11. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
12. A blind god.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A quantity of no importance.
21. The cry made by sheep.
25. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
26. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
28. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
30. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
31. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
37. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
42. Type genus of the Mugilidae.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
51. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
53. In bed.
54. An unofficial association of people or groups.
55. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
59. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
60. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
64. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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