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1. The airforce of Great Britain.
4. A piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit.
10. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. Type genus of the Anguidae.
15. Being one more than forty.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. The sacred city of Lamaism.
19. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
22. The capital and largest city of Iran.
23. In bed.
25. Either extremity of something that has length.
26. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
30. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
42. Type genus of the Ranidae.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A pass between mountain peaks.
50. Lower in esteem.
54. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
56. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
61. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
62. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
63. Goddess of fate.
64. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Show a response or a reaction to something.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. Tastelessly showy.
4. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
5. Remove the hand from.
6. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
9. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
10. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
11. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
12. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
18. An informal term for a father.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
24. An ore that is the chief source of zinc.
27. Offering fun and gaiety.
28. Very dark black.
29. Avatar of Vishnu.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
34. A floor covering.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
38. Taken or to be taken at random.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. An oil port in southern Iraq.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
52. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
55. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
57. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
58. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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