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1. Water soaked soil.
4. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
10. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
13. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
14. Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people.
15. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. Related on the mother's side.
19. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
21. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
23. A city in northern India.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
27. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
28. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
37. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
38. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
41. (informal) Exceptionally good.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
56. British informal term.
60. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
61. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
62. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
63. An honorary degree in science.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
66. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
2. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
3. Depressing in character or appearance.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. Provided with artificial light.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
11. Of or like a feeble old woman.
12. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
18. Type genus of the Amiidae.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
29. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
40. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
41. Of or like a feeble old woman.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.
50. The third canonical hour.
51. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
54. A Spanish river.
55. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
57. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
58. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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