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1. A book of the New Testament.
5. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
10. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. Lower in esteem.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
17. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
21. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
23. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
26. An honorary degree in science.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A large number or amount.
33. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
36. A person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis).
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
48. Wood of a sumac.
50. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
51. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
54. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. Of a pale purple color.
62. Armor plate that protects the chest.
63. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
65. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
67. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
68. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
69. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
70. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
2. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
3. Informal terms for clothing.
4. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
8. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
9. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
10. A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
11. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
12. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
20. The habitation of wild animals.
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
25. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
27. The closing section of a musical composition.
29. An accountant certified by the state.
31. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. (rugby football) The method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. Belonging to some prior time.
47. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
49. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. A slender double-reed instrument.
53. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
55. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
56. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
59. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
60. A toilet in England.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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