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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
10. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
18. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. 32nd President of the United States.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
30. A bachelor's degree in library science.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Noisy talk.
36. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
37. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
39. A feeling of intense anger.
41. Fallow deer.
42. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
45. Covered with scabs.
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
50. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. Belonging to some prior time.
60. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
61. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
62. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
65. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
66. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
67. Covered with beads of liquid.
68. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. 1 species.
4. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
5. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
6. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
9. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. The closing section of a musical composition.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
22. The father of your father or mother.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
31. Divulge information or secrets.
32. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
33. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
38. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
40. Someone who escapes.
41. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Very dark black.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
49. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
51. A reserve of money set aside for some purpose.
52. A strong cord v 1.
54. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
55. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. A light touch or stroke.
59. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
63. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. A doctor's degree in religion.
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