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1. A periodic paperback publication.
4. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
10. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
14. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
21. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
25. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
28. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
34. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
38. A large fleet.
39. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. The square of a body of any size of type.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. (comparative of `good') Superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
55. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
59. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
62. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
63. A container.
64. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
67. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
68. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
70. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
7. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
8. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
11. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
12. An informal term for a father.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
27. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
29. Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919).
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
36. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
37. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
45. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
46. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
47. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
49. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
51. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. Russian country house.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
58. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A light touch or stroke.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
65. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
66. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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