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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A harsh noise made by scraping.
10. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. (Norse mythology) Wife of Loki.
18. Before noon.
19. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
21. Partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow).
22. In a forward direction.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
27. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
30. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
33. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
35. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
37. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
58. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
60. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
61. A toilet in England.
62. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
65. Being one more than two.
66. A cgs unit of work or energy.
67. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
68. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
4. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
8. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
9. Any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms.
10. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
11. Try to manage without help.
12. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
17. The capital and largest city of Japan.
20. An island of central Hawaii.
23. (British) Common sense.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
29. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A notable achievement.
39. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
40. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
43. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
47. In full operation.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. Set down according to a plan.
59. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
63. Unknown god.
64. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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