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1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
4. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
10. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
14. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
15. A toilet in England.
16. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
17. A woman of refinement.
19. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
21. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. (Old Testament) The guardian archangel of the Jews.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
34. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. An awkward stupid person.
39. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
42. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
44. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
47. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
48. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
51. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
54. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
56. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
60. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
65. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
67. British informal term.
68. Used of a single unit or thing.
69. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
70. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
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1. One thousandth of a second.
2. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
5. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
6. A boy or man.
7. Jordan's port.
8. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
9. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. By bad luck.
11. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
12. A small round soft mass (as of chewed food).
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. Related to or located at the back.
24. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
25. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
29. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
30. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
32. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Used of a single unit or thing.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
40. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A Loloish language.
45. Chief port of Yemen.
46. A person forced to flee from home or country.
49. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
55. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
57. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
58. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
59. One who works hard at boring tasks.
61. A pass between mountain peaks.
62. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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