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1. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
10. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. Tender and brittle.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. The sign language used in the United States.
17. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
19. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
22. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Before noon.
26. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
29. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
36. The airforce of Great Britain.
39. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".
42. An associate degree in applied science.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
64. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
65. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
66. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
67. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
4. Lean end of the neck.
5. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
6. With honesty.
7. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A state in east central United States.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
11. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
12. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
18. Divulge information or secrets.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A Russian river.
23. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. English essayist (1775-1834).
28. Affected manners intended to impress others.
31. (informal) Exceptionally good.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
35. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
37. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
38. 32nd President of the United States.
41. A quantity of no importance.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. American Revolutionary patriot.
47. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
49. Dearly loved.
50. In bed.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
54. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
55. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
56. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
59. The residue that remains when something is burned.
60. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
63. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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