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1. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
5. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
10. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
13. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
14. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
19. Jordan's port.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
28. 1 species.
32. A resource.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. Top part of an apron.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. A Mid-Atlantic state.
45. God of love and erotic desire.
48. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
50. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. Black tropical American cuckoo.
61. In a foreign country.
64. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
65. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
67. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. (Scottish) A long dagger with a straight blade.
3. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
6. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
7. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
8. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
9. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
10. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
18. Jordan's port.
21. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
26. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
27. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
29. A three-year law degree.
30. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
33. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
36. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
37. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
39. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
43. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
46. Growing old.
47. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
49. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
52. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
53. In bed.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
58. A humorous anecdote or remark.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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