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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
10. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
13. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
14. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
15. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
17. (sports) Not offside.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
24. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. (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.
30. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
37. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
50. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
54. (archaic) A fitting reward.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
59. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. Similar to the natural color of pinks.
61. Any plant of the genus Erica.
63. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
64. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
3. Flat tableland with steep edges.
4. Gone by.
5. Something that is a source of danger.
6. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
7. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
8. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
9. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. A city in Tuscany.
20. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
23. The sixth month of the civil year.
25. A bar of sand.
26. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. By bad luck.
29. World's longest river (4187 miles).
31. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
33. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
38. A master's degree in business.
43. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. Greek mythology.
47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
53. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. Informal terms for a mother.
57. The products of human creativity.
58. Injured by bites or stings.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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