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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Thorn apple.
10. 35th President of the United States.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
17. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
18. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
19. 1 species.
21. A doctor's degree in optometry.
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
32. The capital of Croatia.
36. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
41. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
46. A white trivalent metallic element.
47. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
50. A reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs.
55. Divulge information or secrets.
57. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
58. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
59. New Zealand conifer.
61. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
62. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
63. Jordan's port.
64. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Garlic mayonnaise.
2. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
3. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
6. Situated at the top or highest position.
7. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
8. Tear or be torn violently.
9. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
10. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
11. Loose or flaccid body fat.
12. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
20. (Scotland) A landowner.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. An informal debt instrument.
27. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
28. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
29. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
30. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
31. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
33. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
34. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A person who exercises control over workers.
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
43. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
46. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
49. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening.
56. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
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