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1. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
4. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
9. Young sheep.
13. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
14. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
15. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. Lacking excess flesh.
18. A ribbon used as a decoration.
20. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
22. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
23. That is to say.
26. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
29. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
30. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
35. (informal) Roused to anger.
36. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
38. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. A port city in southwestern Iran.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
47. An East Indian sailor.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
58. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
59. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
60. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
64. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
65. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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1. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
5. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
6. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
7. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
10. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
11. Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
12. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
17. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
19. Soft creamy white cheese.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
25. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
27. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
28. Similar to the color of jade.
31. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
32. Chief port of Yemen.
34. Jordan's port.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. A son who has the same first name as his father.
48. Affected manners intended to impress others.
49. A fraudulent business scheme.
50. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
51. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
53. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
57. A human limb.
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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