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1. 11th President of the United States.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
13. A genus of European owls.
14. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
15. British informal term.
16. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Remove gas from.
21. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
23. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
28. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
35. A crime syndicate in the United States.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Related to or located at the back.
41. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
42. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A small island.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. In bed.
52. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
60. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
63. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
64. Type genus of the Amiidae.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
3. The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States.
4. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
5. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
6. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
7. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
8. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
9. Covered with paving material.
10. Overgrown with ivy.
11. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. An unforeseen obstacle.
22. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
24. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
27. Young of domestic cattle.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. Being on the left side.
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
34. Lower in esteem.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
40. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
44. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
45. A populous province in northeastern China.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. Enthusiastic approval.
48. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
51. Fallow deer.
53. A very light brown.
54. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
58. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
59. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
61. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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