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1. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
5. A drawing illustrating the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes.
10. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
13. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
14. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
17. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
21. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription.
28. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. God of fire.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. The act of scanning.
47. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
55. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
57. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
58. Wool of the alpaca.
61. A local computer network for communication between computers.
62. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
63. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
64. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Type genus of the Ranidae.
4. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
5. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
7. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
8. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
9. Heal or recover.
10. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
11. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
12. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
20. The specified day of the month.
22. A shade of blue tinged with green.
24. A state in New England.
26. In bed.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
30. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
32. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
34. A rapid bustling commotion.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. A Kachinic language.
38. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
40. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
46. A French abbot.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
51. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
52. A Russian river.
54. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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