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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
10. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. The 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
17. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
18. The money risked on a gamble.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
24. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
25. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
34. Jordan's port.
37. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
38. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
41. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
42. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
44. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
45. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
47. Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904).
48. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
52. Baseball player with the New York Yankees.
56. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
58. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
59. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
60. The right to enter.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. Bright and pleasant.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. Type genus of the Apidae.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
6. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
7. Localized scleroderma.
8. South American cavy.
9. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
10. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
27. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
32. Little known Kamarupan languages.
33. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
36. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
40. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
41. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
43. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
46. A Loloish language.
49. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
50. In an idle manner.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. Taken or to be taken at random.
57. A young woman making her debut into society.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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