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1. A shape that sags.
4. The female or generative principle.
10. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
13. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
14. German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868).
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. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. A master's degree in business.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
23. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
25. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
27. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
40. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
41. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
46. A slender double-reed instrument.
48. A small island.
50. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
51. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
55. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
59. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
60. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. Of or belonging to an aecium.
66. The month following February and preceding April.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant.
3. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
4. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
6. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
7. To some (great or small) extent.
8. An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
9. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
10. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
11. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
17. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
20. The airforce of Great Britain.
22. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
29. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
30. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
32. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
34. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
42. In bed.
43. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
47. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
53. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
56. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. Being nine more than thirty.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. A state in New England.
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