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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
10. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
13. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
14. Used especially in treating bruises.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
18. Pale gray.
19. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
20. Giant shipworms.
22. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
24. A state in the eastern United States.
25. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
30. Two items of the same kind.
34. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
38. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
40. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
41. 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.
43. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
45. A Mid-Atlantic state.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
49. American novelist (1909-1955).
55. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. Not in good physical or mental health.
60. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
63. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
64. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Material used to daub walls.
2. The basic unit of money on Malta.
3. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
4. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. (Roman Catholic Church) A book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year.
8. Common house and field crickets.
9. A negative.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. A city in northern India.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. Jordan's port.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
26. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
28. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
32. In bed.
33. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
35. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
36. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
40. A negative.
42. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
44. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
46. A receiver that displays television images.
47. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
53. Very dark black.
54. An informal term for a father.
56. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
61. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. 16 ounces.
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