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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A large fleet.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. State categorically.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
23. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
26. A pass between mountain peaks.
28. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
31. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
35. Ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus.
38. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
39. A light touch or stroke.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Deteriorated by decay or rot.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
59. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
60. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
63. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
64. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
65. A dark purplish red.
66. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
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1. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
6. Dirty and disorderly.
7. On or toward the lee.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
11. Type genus of the Ranidae.
12. By bad luck.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
22. An indistinct shapeless form.
24. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
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. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
29. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
30. Rate of revolution of a motor.
32. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
33. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. An informal term for a father.
37. In bed.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. Held back.
48. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
49. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
54. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
56. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
62. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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