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1. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
5. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
10. The seventh and last day of the week.
13. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
14. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
17. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
19. Worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning.
22. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. Rum cut with water.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. Any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind.
37. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
40. 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.
41. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
42. Flat tableland with steep edges.
43. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
48. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
51. A genus of Indriidae.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
57. 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.
59. Having a claw or claws.
61. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
62. Wool of the alpaca.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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1. Type genus of the Musaceae.
2. Report or maintain.
3. A large quantity of written matter.
4. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
6. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
7. A cgs unit of work or energy.
8. Being one more than two.
9. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
12. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
18. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
20. An associate degree in nursing.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Of or relating to or involving an area.
30. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
46. A means of serving.
47. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
55. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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