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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
15. The last (12th) month of the year.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The beginning or early stages.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
23. A master's degree in business.
25. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
27. United by being of the same opinion.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. The father of your father or mother.
37. Excessively fat.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
45. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
47. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
48. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
50. A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.
54. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. Away from the mouth or oral region.
65. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
66. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
6. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
7. The wood of an African obeche tree.
8. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. The act of scanning.
18. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
20. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
24. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Taken or to be taken at random.
29. A feeling of intense anger.
32. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
33. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
34. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
36. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
40. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. Type genus of the Amiidae.
46. A large fleet.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A quantity of no importance.
55. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
59. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
60. A flexible container with a single opening.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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