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1. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
4. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
9. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
15. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
18. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
19. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
21. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
22. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
26. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
36. A light touch or stroke.
39. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
42. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
47. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers.
51. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. Caused to be slower or later.
55. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
56. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
59. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
61. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
63. A local computer network for communication between computers.
64. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
65. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
4. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
5. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
6. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Singing jazz.
9. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. Gather, as of as crops.
11. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
12. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
20. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
41. Short and fat.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. In truth (often tends to intensify).
45. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
46. Make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving.
48. City in Sudan.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
57. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
58. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
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