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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
15. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
18. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
21. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
26. One thousand grams.
28. 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.
31. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
33. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
36. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
39. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
42. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
47. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
55. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
57. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
61. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
62. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
64. Preserve of crushed fruit.
65. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Cry plaintively.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Lower in esteem.
5. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
6. Marked by skill in deception.
7. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
8. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
10. A state of southwestern India.
11. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
12. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
20. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
22. By bad luck.
23. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
27. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
40. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
41. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
45. The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price.
46. The basic unit of money in Romania.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. Informal terms for a mother.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
56. A Hindu prince or king in India.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
59. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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