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1. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
4. A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races).
10. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Force or compel somebody to do something.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
18. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
19. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
20. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
22. With one layer on top of another.
24. A state in New England.
25. Chief port of Yemen.
27. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
30. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
45. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
47. One millionth of a gram.
48. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
51. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
53. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
59. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
67. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
68. A city in central New York.
69. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. (British slang) Cafe.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
5. A Russian river.
6. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
7. The third month of the civil year.
8. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
9. Suggestive of the supernatural.
10. A native-born Israeli.
11. True firs.
12. A genus of Ploceidae.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. To fix or set securely or deeply.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
34. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. 10 grams.
38. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
41. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
42. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
43. Suggestive of the supernatural.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
49. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
50. Informal terms for a mother.
52. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
56. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
57. Very dark black.
58. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
60. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
61. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
62. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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