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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
10. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. Covered with paving material.
18. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
19. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
21. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
23. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
30. American Revolutionary patriot.
33. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
34. Type genus of the Albuginaceae.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. The British system of withholding tax.
43. Having the slant of a bevel.
44. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A bachelor's degree in theology.
60. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
61. Moderate or restrain.
62. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
63. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
64. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
7. A large fleet.
8. A city of central China.
9. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Wood of a sumac.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. An Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice.
24. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
27. A three-tone Chadic language.
28. Distant in either space or time.
29. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. Type genus of the Sulidae.
35. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
36. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
45. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
52. The sixth month of the civil year.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A sign of something about to happen.
56. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
57. An advanced law degree.
58. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
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