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1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
4. The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. A radical labor movement in the United States founded in nd dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism.
14. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
18. The act of scanning.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon.
21. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
22. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
24. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. (British colloquialism) An excavation.
31. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
40. Singing jazz.
42. The cry made by sheep.
44. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
49. Enlarged prostate.
50. Jordan's port.
53. A woman of refinement.
55. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
56. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
60. Lie adjacent to another.
63. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
64. The month following February and preceding April.
66. Bound or secured closely.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Temporary living quarters.
2. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
3. A person of unquestioning obedience.
4. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A thin fog with condensation near the ground v 1.
7. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. The capital of Western Samoa.
12. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
17. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
23. A wind instrument.
25. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A sudden very loud noise.
34. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
41. The fourth month of the civil year.
43. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
48. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
54. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
57. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. An informal term for a father.
61. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
62. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
65. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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