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1. Inquire about.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
10. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A port city in southwestern Iran.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
18. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
19. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
21. Being the only one.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. Imperial moths.
28. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
32. Unknown god.
33. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
40. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
41. God of death.
43. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
45. Any high mountain.
47. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
48. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
52. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia.
54. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
55. Be obedient to.
58. (informal) Exceptionally good.
61. Filled with fear or apprehension.
63. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
66. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
67. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
70. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
7. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
8. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
9. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
10. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
11. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Noisy talk.
25. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
27. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
37. The act of scanning.
38. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
39. The longest division of geological time.
42. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
43. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
44. 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.
46. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
49. A cap with no brim or bill.
50. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
53. A port in southwestern Scotland.
56. Tropical Asian starlings.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
62. 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).
64. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
65. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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