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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. Lower in esteem.
10. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
14. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
15. The basic unit of money in Romania.
16. A drama set to music.
18. Anything that serves as an enticement.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork.
23. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
25. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
33. A Loloish language.
35. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
38. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
39. A human limb.
40. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
42. The academic world.
45. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
48. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
63. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
65. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
66. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. The brightest star in Virgo.
9. Take in solid food.
10. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
11. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
12. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
27. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
30. Not in action or at work.
31. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
32. At or constituting a border or edge.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
36. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. The ending of a series or sequence.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
57. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
64. Not out.
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