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1. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
5. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
10. A master's degree in library science.
13. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
14. A city in southern Finland.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. The probability of a specified outcome.
17. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
18. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
23. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. Take back what one has said.
33. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
36. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
37. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
38. Type genus of the Majidae.
39. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
40. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
43. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
46. The 4th planet from the sun.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
50. Murder and robbery by thugs.
53. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
57. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
63. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
64. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
65. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
66. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something.
67. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
2. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
5. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
6. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
7. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
9. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
10. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
11. A Russian river.
12. The act of scanning.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
27. Explorer and United States naval officer.
28. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
30. Singing jazz.
31. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
32. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
42. A motley assortment of things.
44. A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
51. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
52. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
54. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
59. The products of human creativity.
60. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
61. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
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