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1. A young woman making her debut into society.
4. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
10. A city in northwestern Iran.
13. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
16. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
18. Resembling an owl.
20. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
23. Further or added.
24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
34. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
39. Towards the side away from the wind.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
43. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
45. One who suffers for the sake of principle.
48. A unit of pressure.
49. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
53. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
57. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
60. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
61. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
62. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
65. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
66. Take in solid food.
67. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
68. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. Praise, glorify, or honor.
3. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
4. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
7. A state in New England.
8. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
9. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
10. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
11. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
17. Jordan's port.
19. Being three more than sixty.
21. A cgs unit of work or energy.
22. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
27. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
32. Suggestive of the supernatural.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. Seed of a pea plant.
36. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. Lower in esteem.
41. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
44. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
46. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
47. Jordan's port.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
55. A city in northern India.
56. Framework for holding objects.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
63. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
64. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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