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1. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
4. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
10. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
13. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
14. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. A genus of Malayan tree.
22. Jordan's port.
24. Type genus of the Nepidae.
28. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
36. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
39. Make uniform.
42. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. Common Indian weaverbird.
48. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
50. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
54. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
58. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
59. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
60. Situated at an apex.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
63. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
64. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
9. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
10. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
11. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. The act of scanning.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
25. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
26. The British system of withholding tax.
27. Extremely pleasing.
29. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
30. A Spanish river.
31. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. Minor or subordinate.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Type genus of the Anatidae.
40. Wool of the alpaca.
41. Before noon.
43. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
46. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
47. Noisy talk.
49. A town in north central Oklahoma.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
56. 10 grams.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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