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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A tapering point.
10. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Lacking companions or companionship.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A British doctorate.
19. Ground snakes.
22. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
40. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. The basic unit of money in Albania.
44. A loose cloak with a hood.
47. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
49. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
51. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
55. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
57. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
59. A human limb.
60. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
63. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
65. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
66. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
67. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
4. Wood of any of various alder trees.
5. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
6. A transuranic element.
7. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
8. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
9. A Mid-Atlantic state.
10. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
11. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
12. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. The sign language used in the United States.
34. Made of fir or pine.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
39. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
41. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
42. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
43. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
45. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
46. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
52. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
58. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
61. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
62. A castrated tomcat.
64. Being nine more than ninety.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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