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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
14. To fix or set securely or deeply.
15. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
18. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
19. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A farewell remark.
35. Call upon in supplication.
36. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
38. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
40. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
42. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. Lower in esteem.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. Jordan's port.
58. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
61. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
62. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
6. Any of various units of capacity.
7. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
11. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
12. Produced by a manufacturing process.
20. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
21. An enclosed space.
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
26. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
27. Have supper.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
32. Consistent with fact or reality.
34. Relating to the Urdu language.
37. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
41. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
45. American Revolutionary patriot.
46. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
48. Dearly loved.
49. In bed.
51. A French abbot.
52. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Related by blood.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
59. An informal term for a father.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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