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1. Wood of a yew.
4. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
10. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. A South American river.
15. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. Slightly open.
19. A decree that prohibits something.
20. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
22. A genus of Indriidae.
24. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A government tax on imports or exports.
36. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
38. (informal) Exceptionally good.
40. A master's degree in business.
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
44. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
46. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
50. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
56. An associate degree in nursing.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Resembling a network.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. Jordan's port.
66. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
69. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
70. An informal term for a father.
71. In a despicable, ignoble manner.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. A state in the eastern United States.
6. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. God of death.
10. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
11. Not only so, but.
12. God of fire.
17. A genus of Platalea.
21. A Russian river.
23. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
27. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
34. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
35. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Having been read.
43. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
53. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
61. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
62. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
63. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
64. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
67. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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