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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Horned vipers.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
16. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
18. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
19. Great coolness and composure under strain.
21. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. Senseless talk.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
30. Of a pale purple color.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A single splash.
53. Lower in esteem.
57. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
62. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
63. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
65. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. Impressive in scale.
68. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
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1. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
2. A city in northwestern Syria.
3. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
4. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
6. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
10. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
11. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
12. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
17. One of two official languages of Norway.
20. Wood of a sumac.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
29. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
32. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
34. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
35. A light touch or stroke.
36. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
47. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. Type genus of the Percidae.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
54. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
56. Very dark black.
58. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A local computer network for communication between computers.
64. A doctor's degree in optometry.
65. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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