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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
10. Bright and pleasant.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
17. Middle-distance iron.
18. The sign language used in the United States.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
23. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
26. An analgesic for mild pain.
27. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
29. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. A state in northwestern North America.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
49. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
53. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. A human limb.
59. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
60. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
63. A notable achievement.
64. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
65. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
7. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
9. Necessary for relief or supply.
10. The father of your father or mother.
11. Typical geese.
12. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
20. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
22. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. An honorary arts degree.
28. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
32. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Any of various units of capacity.
36. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
38. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. A motley assortment of things.
43. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
51. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A quantity of no importance.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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