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1. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
5. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
10. The month following August and preceding October.
13. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
14. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
15. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
16. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
17. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
22. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
26. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
37. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
41. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. An audiotape recording of sound.
46. Take in solid food.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
51. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
56. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
64. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
65. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
66. A French abbot.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
69. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
70. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. Of or like a cecum.
3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
4. Be behind.
5. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
6. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
7. The last (12th) month of the year.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
9. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. Morally bad or wrong.
12. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A port in southwestern Scotland.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. Squash bugs.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
35. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
52. A human female who does housework.
53. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
54. Male red deer.
55. 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.
57. A thrusting blow with a knife.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A flexible container with a single opening.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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