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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
13. Step on it.
14. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
15. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
16. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
18. (British) Informal term for the nose v 1.
19. A light touch or stroke.
20. An oil port in southern Iraq.
21. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
29. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
32. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
42. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
43. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
44. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
48. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
49. (informal) Exceptionally good.
50. The act of scanning.
53. Tag the base runner to get him out.
56. Affect with wonder.
59. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
61. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
62. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
63. A South American river.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
68. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
2. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
3. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
6. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
7. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
8. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
10. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
22. An informal term for a father.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
27. The sixth month of the civil year.
28. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
40. A festival featuring African-American culture.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
46. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
47. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
51. 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.
52. An elaborate song for solo voice.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. A very troublesome child.
57. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
58. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
60. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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