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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
10. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
15. A boy or man.
16. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
19. The content of cognition.
20. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
21. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
22. A Mid-Atlantic state.
23. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A state in New England.
36. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
39. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
41. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
42. Not in action or at work.
43. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
53. Greek mythology.
57. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
58. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
62. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
63. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
64. A nation in northern North America.
65. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
2. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
3. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
9. The capital of Croatia.
10. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
11. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
12. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
17. An informal term for a father.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
28. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
29. Goddess of fate.
30. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
37. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
38. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
40. Type genus of the Majidae.
44. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
54. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
55. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
56. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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