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1. Taken or to be taken at random.
5. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
10. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
13. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
14. Jordan's port.
15. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
16. Aroused to impatience or anger.
17. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
19. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. Of or relating to Fabianism.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
40. An accidental happening.
43. City in Sudan.
45. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
48. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
50. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
55. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
59. American novelist (1909-1955).
62. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
63. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
65. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
66. An informal debt instrument.
67. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
68. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
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1. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
2. American professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
3. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
4. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. A Loloish language.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
9. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
11. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
18. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
20. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
27. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. South African term for `boss'.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
37. A flexible container with a single opening.
39. Make or become free of frost or ice.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections.
45. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
53. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
54. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
58. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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