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1. A partially opened flower.
4. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
9. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
15. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
16. A small fragment.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. A unit of pressure.
23. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
30. A light touch or stroke.
31. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
35. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
37. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
38. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
43. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. The content of cognition.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
61. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
63. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
2. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
3. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
4. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
12. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
17. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. Singing jazz.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
24. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
26. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
28. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
29. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
32. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
34. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
36. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
39. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
40. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
41. A country person.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor.
53. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
55. Fallow deer.
57. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
58. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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