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1. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
4. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel).
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Deciduous shrub of North America.
18. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. German mathematician (1804-1851).
21. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
37. A decree that prohibits something.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
44. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
48. South African term for `boss'.
52. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
55. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
58. A doctor's degree in education.
61. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
62. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
63. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
64. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
7. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
8. Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
9. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
10. American novelist (1909-1955).
11. The act of scanning.
12. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
17. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A festival featuring African-American culture.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
27. A sudden short attack.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
35. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
38. A city and port in northern Jutland.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
46. English monk and scholar (672-735).
49. (archaic) Of persons.
50. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
51. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
53. The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being).
54. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
56. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
57. Being one more than ninety.
58. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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