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1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
4. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
12. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
20. Supporting yourself on your knees.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Submerged freshwater perennials.
23. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz.
29. An honorary degree in science.
31. Moving quickly and lightly.
32. 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.
36. Look forward to the probably occurrence of.
40. Ground snakes.
45. Little known Kamarupan languages.
46. A case for containing a set of articles.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
53. An informal term for a father.
57. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
60. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
61. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
64. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
68. Articles of the same kind or material.
69. A town in southwestern Idaho.
73. A branch of the Tai languages.
74. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
77. Take control of.
79. A master's degree in business.
80. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
81. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
83. Tag the base runner to get him out.
84. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
85. A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Relieve from military service.
4. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
8. The act of refusing a request.
9. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
11. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
12. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
19. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
24. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
27. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
28. A city in the European part of Russia.
30. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
33. The capital of Morocco.
34. Garlic mayonnaise.
35. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. Of or being the lowest female voice.
38. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
42. A bachelor's degree in religion.
43. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
44. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
48. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. By bad luck.
58. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. Any plant of the genus Erica.
67. Jordan's port.
78. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
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