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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
10. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
13. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
17. A timepiece that shows the time of day.
19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. Statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. How long something has existed.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
34. The act of escaping physically.
38. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. The cry made by sheep.
50. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
53. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
57. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
58. An informal term for a father.
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
63. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
64. Of or like a cecum.
66. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
67. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
68. First in order of birth.
69. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. Relating or near the pubis.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
6. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
7. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
8. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
20. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. In bed.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
29. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. Lie adjacent to another.
32. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
33. An unforeseen obstacle.
35. An accountant certified by the state.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Covered with beads of liquid.
44. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
46. With rapid movements.
47. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
52. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
54. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
55. Anything that serves as an enticement.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
59. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
61. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
65. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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