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1. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
10. The cry made by sheep.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
15. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
16. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
17. Having the surface damaged or disfigured.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
31. The month following July and preceding September.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
42. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
43. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
46. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
53. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
59. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
63. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
64. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
65. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
66. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
68. A port city in southwestern Iran.
69. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
5. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
6. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
7. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
11. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
12. Jordan's port.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
29. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A fraudulent business scheme.
36. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
37. Being two more than fifty.
38. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
40. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
41. Evergreen tree of Pacific North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries.
42. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
44. An awkward stupid person.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. A form of address for a man.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
52. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. A small nail.
56. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
57. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
58. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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