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1. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
14. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
19. The residue that remains when something is burned.
20. The wood of an African obeche tree.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. Lacking strength or vigor.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
35. 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.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. The front limb of a quadruped.
47. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
48. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
63. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
64. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
65. A master's degree in business.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
68. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
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1. Give qualities or abilities to.
2. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
3. (Roman mythology) Goddess of agriculture.
4. Unable to relax or be still.
5. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
6. An official at a baseball game.
7. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
8. Tag the base runner to get him out.
9. Jordan's port.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Causing a dull and steady pain.
22. An associate degree in applied science.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
30. A city in northern India.
31. Common Indian weaverbird.
33. A rapid bustling commotion.
34. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. Type genus of the Nepidae.
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
45. The basic unit of money in Haiti.
46. A white trivalent metallic element.
50. In bed.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
55. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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