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1. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
4. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
10. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
13. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
14. The face or front of a building.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
18. In bed.
19. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
20. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
22. Not having a tail.
24. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
26. Any taillike structure.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. 16 ounces.
36. Toward the mouth or oral region.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. Not only so, but.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Extremely pleasing.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
52. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
56. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
60. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
65. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
66. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
67. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
69. A cgs unit of work or energy.
70. Having much flesh (especially fat).
71. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. A man who courts a woman.
3. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
4. Related by marriage.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
8. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
9. Reason by deduction.
10. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
11. Using the voice.
12. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
17. Lie adjacent to another.
21. Jordan's port.
23. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
37. The airforce of Great Britain.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. Give a nickname to.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
58. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
59. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
61. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
62. A light touch or stroke.
63. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
65. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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