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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
5. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. One million periods per second.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
22. Rock, sway, or nod.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
36. A genus of Mustelidae.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Informal terms for a mother.
40. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
43. Half the width of an em.
44. State in northeastern India.
47. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
55. An accidental happening.
58. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return).
59. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
60. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
62. How long something has existed.
63. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
64. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
3. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A New England state.
6. 1 species.
7. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
8. A city in southeastern Spain.
9. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
10. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
11. Singing jazz.
12. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A form of Japanese poetry.
24. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
25. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
27. An elaborate song for solo voice.
28. Not widely known.
30. Fallow deer.
31. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. Given or having a specified name.
38. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
41. In operation or operational.
42. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
43. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
45. A native-born Israeli.
46. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
47. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
48. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
50. The mother of your father or mother.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
54. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
56. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
57. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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