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1. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
4. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
14. Squash bugs.
15. Using speech rather than writing.
16. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
18. A small island.
19. The state of owing money.
20. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
22. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
24. The act of using.
26. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
27. Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
33. Any taillike structure.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
40. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
44. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
46. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
50. Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. American novelist (1909-1955).
58. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
61. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
66. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
67. A loud harsh or strident noise.
68. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
69. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
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1. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
2. Humble request for help.
3. Meat from a calf.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
6. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
7. The sign language used in the United States.
8. A branch of the Tai languages.
9. Large wading bird that resembles a curlew.
10. Of or relating to or involving an area.
11. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
12. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
17. A piece of armor plate below the breastplate.
21. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
29. Incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974.
31. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
34. Jordan's port.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
45. The emotion of hate.
47. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
51. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
52. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
59. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
64. After noon.
65. A public promotion of some product or service.
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