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1. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
4. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
10. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
13. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
18. (prefix) Within.
19. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
20. Of or relating to of comprising atoms.
21. Greek mythology.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. A British doctorate.
26. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
27. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
35. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
39. A doctor's degree in education.
40. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
50. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
53. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
54. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
59. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
61. A flexible container with a single opening.
62. Seed of a pea plant.
63. United States film actor (born in 1925).
64. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
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1. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
2. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
3. Best of its kind on record.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
8. Either extremity of something that has length.
9. Cause to agonize.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. A fastener for a door or lid.
28. Used of a single unit or thing.
29. (informal) Roused to anger.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
33. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
36. A genus of Psittacidae.
37. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
38. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
39. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
45. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
46. A white trivalent metallic element.
47. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
48. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
51. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
52. An elaborate song for solo voice.
55. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
56. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
60. An associate degree in nursing.
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