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1. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
4. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
9. A bachelor's degree in library science.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
15. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
16. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
19. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
22. Informal terms for a mother.
23. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
37. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
41. A branch of the Tai languages.
43. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
45. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
47. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.
53. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
55. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
58. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
59. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
60. Type genus of the Otariidae.
62. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
63. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
64. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
3. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
5. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
11. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
12. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
17. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
18. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
20. A city in Veneto.
24. A motley assortment of things.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
28. A feeling of intense anger.
30. Type genus of the Apidae.
31. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
32. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
34. The superior of an abbey of monks.
36. A formal expression of praise.
39. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
42. God of love and erotic desire.
44. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
46. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
54. Offering fun and gaiety.
56. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
57. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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