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1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. The month following February and preceding April.
13. Step on it.
14. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
15. A rapid bustling commotion.
16. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
18. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
19. A light touch or stroke.
20. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
22. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
24. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
26. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
27. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
30. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
31. (Babylonian) The sky god.
33. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
37. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
43. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
46. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
59. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
60. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
61. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859).
63. A cgs unit of work or energy.
64. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
2. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
3. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
4. A hidden drawback.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
7. Luxurious passenger car.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
10. A woman of refinement.
11. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
12. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
17. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A man who is a stupid fool.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. An unforeseen obstacle.
29. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
36. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
38. Type genus of the Amiidae.
39. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
40. The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
44. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
49. In bed.
50. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
51. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
53. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
54. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
57. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
58. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
59. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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