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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. United States playwright (1906-1963).
10. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
13. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
14. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. True firs.
18. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
22. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
24. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
25. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
26. A lack of vitality.
32. The quantity contained in a keg.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A festival featuring African-American culture.
41. (anatomy) Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
42. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. A state in northwestern North America.
44. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
51. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
57. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
59. Using speech rather than writing.
60. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
61. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
3. Baby bed with high sides.
4. English writer (1672-1729).
5. A Russian river.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
8. Blood-sucking African fly.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. A woman of refinement.
11. Not only so, but.
12. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
27. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and North Asia.
28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Largest known toad species.
31. Derive or receive pleasure from.
34. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
35. Before noon.
37. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
38. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
39. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
40. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
45. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
46. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
48. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
49. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
50. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
56. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
58. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
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