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1. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
4. An Asian river.
10. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
15. Informal terms for the mouth.
16. Strike with a flat object.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. Money paid out.
21. Lacking a visible order or organization.
23. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A large number or amount.
32. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
38. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Fiddler crabs.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people.
47. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
53. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
57. One ten thousandth of a centner.
59. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
62. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
63. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
64. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
66. Used in combination to denote the middle.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Make dull or stupid.
2. An arc-shaped whitish deposit sometimes seen in the cornea.
3. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
4. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
5. The airforce of Great Britain.
6. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
7. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
8. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
11. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. A city in northern India.
19. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
31. The act of scanning.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
42. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
48. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
49. Indicating the most important performer or role.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
55. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
56. A quantity of no importance.
58. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
60. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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