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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
5. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
14. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
15. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Dignified manner or conduct.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
19. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
22. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
24. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
26. A doctor's degree in education.
28. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
36. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
40. From 13 million to 25 million years ago.
42. The act of escaping physically.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. An advantageous purchase.
50. With no effort to conceal.
54. Term of address for a man.
55. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
62. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
63. An affirmative.
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
65. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
5. Cut the head of.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. The quantity contained in a keg.
8. The square of a body of any size of type.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. Capital and largest city of Italy.
18. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
20. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
21. Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
30. Being of the age 13 through 19.
31. The highest level or degree attainable.
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
41. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
44. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
45. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
46. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
48. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
53. An informal term for a father.
56. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
57. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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