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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price.
10. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
24. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
26. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
28. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
35. A New England state.
37. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
43. Fallow deer.
46. Kauri pine.
48. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
51. God of death.
52. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
54. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
62. A boy or man.
63. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
64. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
66. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
67. Late time of life.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A deep bow.
4. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
5. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.
6. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
7. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
20. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. Not only so, but.
30. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
31. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
42. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. A Muslim place of worship.
45. A Loloish language.
47. Soft blue-gray mineral.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
57. The sixth month of the civil year.
59. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
60. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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