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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
14. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. In bed.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A deep bow.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. Type genus of the Amiidae.
37. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
39. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
46. Find repugnant.
47. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
51. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
56. A branch of the Tai languages.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. A native of ancient Troy.
62. A master's degree in business.
63. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
64. Growing old.
65. Tag the base runner to get him out.
66. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
67. The capital of the Bahamas.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
2. A city in northern India.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
5. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
6. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
7. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
9. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
20. A French abbot.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
28. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
30. 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.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. The month following February and preceding April.
35. Being one more than two.
36. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
38. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
48. A genus of Lamnidae.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Jordan's port.
52. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
55. Type genus of the Ranidae.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
61. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
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