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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
18. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
19. English architect (1746-1813).
21. The supreme commander of a fleet.
23. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
34. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
36. A state in northwestern North America.
37. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
39. Indigo bush.
40. Type genus of the Majidae.
43. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
45. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
48. Extreme excess.
50. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
54. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
55. Toward the mouth or oral region.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
60. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
62. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
63. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
3. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
4. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. Of or relating to the heart.
9. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
10. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
11. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
12. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
20. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
22. Covered with paving material.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
30. A formal association of people with similar interests.
31. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
32. Made of fir or pine.
35. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
38. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
41. A jar for holding jellies or preserves.
42. An elaborate song for solo voice.
44. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. A city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
50. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
51. In bed.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
56. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
57. A young woman making her debut into society.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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