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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
10. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
13. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
14. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
17. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
21. Cut or impressed into a surface.
23. An informal term for a father.
24. An expression of greeting.
28. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
32. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
36. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
40. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
41. Enchanter's nightshade.
43. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A Russian river.
50. (with `in') Guardianship over.
52. 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.
56. A choice or delicious dish.
58. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
61. The cry made by sheep.
62. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
63. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
65. A cgs unit of work or energy.
66. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A dance involving a rhythmical stamping step.
2. A Pacific island north of Australia.
3. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
4. A genus of Caltha.
5. God of love and erotic desire.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. Closed with a lace.
9. Having winglike extensions.
10. Not only so, but.
11. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
12. (archaic) A fitting reward.
20. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
22. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
30. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
31. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
33. An awkward stupid person.
34. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
35. A city in northern India.
37. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
42. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
44. A genus of Ploceidae.
45. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
49. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. In bed.
54. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
55. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
57. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
58. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
59. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
60. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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