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1. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
4. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
10. The sign language used in the United States.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk.
15. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
19. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
21. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
23. The compass point midway between west and northwest.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A slender double-reed instrument.
28. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
34. Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
37. New Guinea echidnas.
39. Step on it.
40. A person forced to flee from home or country.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Type genus of the Apidae.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
47. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
48. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
58. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
60. Having a bib.
61. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
62. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
65. The cry made by sheep.
66. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. River in eastern Asia.
4. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
5. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
6. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. A Loloish language.
9. A Mid-Atlantic state.
10. By bad luck.
11. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
12. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
22. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
29. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
30. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
31. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
32. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
33. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
35. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Any plant of the genus Erica.
52. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. A French abbot.
56. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
63. An informal term for a father.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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