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1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
10. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
14. The state of existing and being localized in space.
15. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
16. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
18. Divulge information or secrets.
19. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Causing fear or dread or terror.
23. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
25. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
26. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
28. Affect with wonder.
31. A person forced to flee from home or country.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
38. A Mid-Atlantic state.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
42. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
43. A fraudulent business scheme.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. An informal term for a father.
51. A Loloish language.
54. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
56. Rich in significance or implication.
60. Depressing in character or appearance.
62. The cry made by sheep.
63. A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients.
64. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
66. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
67. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
2. The content of cognition.
3. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A person's brother or sister.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
11. Having an owner.
12. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
22. A city in northwestern Syria.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
30. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
36. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
37. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
45. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
47. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
48. A decree that prohibits something.
50. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Leafless East Indian vine.
55. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
57. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
59. A quantity that is added.
61. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
65. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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