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1. A young woman making her debut into society.
4. Lower in esteem.
9. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
13. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
14. A city in Indonesia.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
19. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
20. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
23. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. Ctenophore having short tentacles.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. Common Indian weaverbird.
35. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
52. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
60. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
63. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
64. The fatty flesh of eel.
65. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
66. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. Before noon.
5. Cut the head of.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
11. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
12. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. The sixth day of the week.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Fiddler crabs.
30. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
46. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
50. A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints).
51. A formal expression of praise.
53. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. A fit of shivering.
57. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
58. An affirmative.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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