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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
5. An Eskimo hut.
9. A Loloish language.
13. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
14. The act of scanning.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
16. Employed in accomplishing something.
17. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
18. The central area of a church.
19. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
20. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
22. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
24. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
27. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. 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.
40. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
44. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
47. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
49. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
50. Of or belonging to an aecium.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A radioactive transuranic element.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
61. South American cavy.
63. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
64. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
2. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
3. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
4. The vein in the center of a leaf.
5. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
8. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
9. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
10. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
11. Not ever.
12. Unable to move or resist motion.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
35. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
38. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. An informal conversation.
42. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
46. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
48. Indigo bush.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
56. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
57. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
60. A state in New England.
62. An informal term for a father.
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