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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
10. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. (botany) Of some seeds.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
17. The ending of a series or sequence.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
23. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
24. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
35. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
39. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
44. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
45. The basic unit of money in Honduras.
48. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
52. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
53. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. Similar or related in quality or character.
59. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
60. Tear or be torn violently.
61. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
62. 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.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A human limb.
6. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. Attack with teargas.
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
18. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
20. Jordan's port.
22. Take in solid food.
26. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
27. A vigorous blow.
28. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
29. (informal) Exceptionally good.
30. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
31. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
33. Bar temporarily.
36. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. Of or pertaining to adnexa.
38. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
41. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
43. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
46. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
47. A master's degree in religion.
49. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
50. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
51. An informal term for a father.
54. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
55. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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