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1. A unit of pressure.
4. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
9. A French abbot.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
15. Brightly colored and showy.
16. A genus of Sterninae.
18. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
21. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
23. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
25. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
30. The commonest type of solidified lava.
34. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
35. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
36. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945).
37. That is to say.
40. A state in the eastern United States.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
48. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
50. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
52. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
59. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
60. An informal term for a father.
61. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
2. Stalk of a moss capsule.
3. An island republic on the island of Iceland.
4. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. 1 species.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
12. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
17. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
19. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
22. Of heavy boots.
24. Accumulate on the surface.
26. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
29. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
32. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
33. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
41. Fallow deer.
43. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
45. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
49. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
50. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
51. Offering fun and gaiety.
53. A decree that prohibits something.
54. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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