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1. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
4. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
10. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
13. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
14. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
17. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
19. Two items of the same kind.
21. A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals.
23. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
26. Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.
27. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
29. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
37. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
38. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
48. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
57. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
59. A thrusting blow with a knife.
60. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
61. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
2. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
3. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
6. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
8. Having the physical appearance of death.
9. In operation or operational.
10. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
11. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
12. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
18. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
20. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
22. A cooperative unit.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A genus of Scolopacidae.
28. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
34. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
45. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
46. A genus of Laridae.
47. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
49. A European river.
50. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
51. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
52. A French abbot.
55. Adult female chicken.
58. A white trivalent metallic element.
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