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1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
4. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
9. Highly excited.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
15. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
16. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
18. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
19. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
20. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. The third month of the civil year.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
34. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
38. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
39. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
40. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
46. A bottomless gulf or pit.
53. Offering little or no hope.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. Lacking excess flesh.
58. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
59. The muscular back part of the shank.
60. Leafless East Indian vine.
61. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. British politician (1788-1850).
3. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
17. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
21. A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
28. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
29. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
31. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
32. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
45. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
47. Cheese containing a blue mold.
48. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
49. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
50. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
51. Very dark black.
52. An informal term for a father.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. The fifth day of the week.
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