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1. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
5. Indigo bush.
10. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
18. The basic unit of money in Albania.
19. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
24. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
26. An extended area of land.
30. The fatty flesh of eel.
34. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. Bark rich in tannin.
39. Being ahead of time or need.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
53. A city in northern India.
55. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
56. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
61. British choreographer (1906-1988).
62. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A path over which electrical signals can pass.
4. Ground snakes.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
7. Being six more than fifty.
8. Take in solid food.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
20. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator.
22. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
25. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
28. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
29. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
41. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
43. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
44. Filled with a great quantity.
46. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
47. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
49. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
50. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
51. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
52. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
54. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
57. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
58. Conforming to truth.
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