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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
10. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Ending in a sharp point.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
17. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
19. Genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays.
22. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
24. Lower in esteem.
25. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
29. Well matched.
32. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
34. An inhabitant of Lappland.
35. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
36. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A motley assortment of things.
51. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
52. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
55. A quantity of no importance.
56. Singing jazz.
57. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
58. An Asian river between China and Russia.
59. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
60. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
61. Lacking companions or companionship.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
3. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).
4. Situated at or extending to the side.
5. Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
6. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
7. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
8. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
9. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
10. Humble request for help.
11. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
12. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
18. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A ball of yarn or cord or thread.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
27. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
28. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
30. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. A state in New England.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
39. Make less active or intense.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Obvious and dull.
43. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
45. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
46. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
47. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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