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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
5. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
10. One millionth of a gram.
13. Largest known toad species.
14. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
15. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
16. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
18. Before noon.
19. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
21. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
32. (British) Liable to payment of rates or taxes.
35. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. United States politician and orator (1782-1817).
44. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
49. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. By bad luck.
55. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
60. The act of swimming.
62. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
64. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
65. Being two more than fifty.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
69. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
70. United States feminist (1860-1935).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Slightly wet.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. Assets in the form of money.
4. An Iranian language spoken in Iran and Russia.
5. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. Move away from a place into another direction.
10. A master's degree in business.
11. Young of domestic cattle.
12. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
17. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
20. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
30. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
33. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
34. A very light brown.
39. Grind together, of teeth.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A fraudulent business scheme.
45. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
50. Be going to.
52. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
53. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
54. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
55. An honorary degree in science.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
58. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
59. God of love and erotic desire.
61. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
63. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
67. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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