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1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
4. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
10. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. An elderly man.
15. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
16. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. Strip the skin off.
19. The act of using.
20. The Creator.
22. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A rapid bustling commotion.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. The month following March and preceding May.
31. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).
38. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
40. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
41. Reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen.
44. 10 grams.
45. Lower in esteem.
48. Constitution of the human body.
52. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
57. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
58. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
60. Causing great physical or mental suffering.
62. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
66. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
67. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
68. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
2. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Not in operation or operational.
7. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
8. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
9. A deity or nymph of the woods.
10. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
11. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905- ).
25. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
28. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
29. A French abbot.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
34. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
42. A Hindu prince or king in India.
43. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
46. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
47. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
49. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
50. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
51. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
56. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. A light touch or stroke.
61. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
64. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
65. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
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