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1. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
4. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
10. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
17. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
24. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
25. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
28. United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927).
33. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
37. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
38. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
44. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
45. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
49. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
56. Not in good physical or mental health.
58. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
63. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
64. Of surpassing excellence.
65. Extremely pleasing.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
3. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
4. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
7. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
10. The 3rd planet from the sun.
11. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
12. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
18. Unknown god.
20. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Being nine more than ninety.
36. A state in northwestern North America.
40. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
43. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
46. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
47. People having the same social or economic status.
48. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Jordan's port.
54. 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. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
59. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
60. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
61. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. A master's degree in fine arts.
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