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1. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
4. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
10. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. Used in an attack.
15. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
16. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
17. (informal) Elegant and fashionable.
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners.
23. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A flexible container with a single opening.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
43. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
44. The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade).
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. The act of scanning.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
56. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
57. Call upon in supplication.
60. A decree that prohibits something.
61. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
62. Extremely pleasing.
63. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
64. An official or legal cancellation.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
3. Island in West Indies.
4. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
5. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
8. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
9. United States space station.
10. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
12. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
20. Offering fun and gaiety.
22. A Russian river.
24. A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building.
25. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
28. Meat from a calf.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. English monk and scholar (672-735).
32. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
33. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
41. Curving inward.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Concluding state of pregnancy.
45. An honorary degree in science.
48. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Jordan's port.
52. Dearly loved.
53. Gone by.
54. A city in northwestern Syria.
55. Mentally healthy.
58. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
59. A master's degree in fine arts.
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