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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Open to change.
10. Tag the base runner to get him out.
13. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
14. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
18. A person who is not very bright.
19. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
22. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
24. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
26. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
34. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
35. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
36. Pertaining to the forward part of a vessel.
37. A light touch or stroke.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
51. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
54. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
56. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
58. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
59. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
60. Type genus of the Otariidae.
63. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
64. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
65. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
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1. Baby bed with high sides.
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. English monk and scholar (672-735).
7. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
8. Of a pale purple color.
9. Informal terms for a meal.
10. A quantity of no importance.
11. God of fire.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
21. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.
23. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. Very dark black.
29. The first light of day.
30. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
31. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
32. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. The cry made by sheep.
41. A Loloish language.
43. Informal terms for money.
44. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
48. Being nine more than forty.
49. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
50. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
52. The 4th planet from the sun.
53. A French abbot.
55. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
57. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
62. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
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