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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
10. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
15. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
16. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
18. Chief port of Yemen.
19. How long something has existed.
20. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
22. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
24. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
34. 10 grams.
37. Type genus of the Majidae.
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
62. In ancient Semitic folklore.
64. Characteristic of a mob.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
66. (neuroscience) Of or relating to or resembling an axon.
67. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. The face of a timepiece.
2. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
3. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. Lower in esteem.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
21. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
23. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
25. 16 ounces.
27. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. The basic unit of money in Iran.
33. An informal term for a father.
35. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
36. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. An accountant certified by the state.
44. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
46. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
49. In bed.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
53. Fallow deer.
54. Very dark black.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
59. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
63. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
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