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1. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
4. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
10. A resource.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. A laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
19. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
21. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
22. 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.
23. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
28. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
30. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
34. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
35. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
36. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. Traveling on horseback.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. Before noon.
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
53. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
56. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
61. Fallow deer.
65. An associate degree in applied science.
66. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
68. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
69. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
70. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
71. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
6. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
7. Expel, as of gases and odors.
8. Follower of Rastafarianism.
9. Half the width of an em.
10. Type genus of the Amiidae.
11. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
12. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
18. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
24. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
32. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
33. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A bachelor's degree in religion.
47. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792).
48. A genus of Indriidae.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Informal terms for a mother.
54. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
55. The content of cognition.
57. Type genus of the Ranidae.
58. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
59. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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