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1. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
4. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
10. Being one more than one.
13. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
14. Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A gaping grimace.
18. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
19. Humorously vulgar.
21. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
26. Someone who escapes.
33. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
34. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
36. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
39. An accountant certified by the state.
40. The month following February and preceding April.
41. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
42. 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.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
62. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
63. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
65. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
66. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
67. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
68. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Dearly loved.
2. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
5. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
6. Considerate and solicitous care.
7. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
8. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
9. Not tired.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
11. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
12. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
20. Affect with wonder.
22. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
24. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
27. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
28. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
45. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
54. Type genus of the Amiidae.
55. South African term for `boss'.
56. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
58. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
60. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
61. The capital and largest city of Japan.
64. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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