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1. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
4. A small fragment.
10. 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.
13. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
14. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
15. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
19. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
21. Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae.
23. New Zealand conifer.
25. (of soil) Soft and watery.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The mother of Jesus.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
34. Baby bed with high sides.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
44. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game.
48. A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels.
49. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
59. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
64. (British) Your grandmother.
65. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Tropical Asian starlings.
3. A domain in which something is dominant.
4. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
5. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
6. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
7. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
8. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
9. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
10. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. Fallow deer.
22. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. A large fleet.
27. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Having been read.
35. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
37. A decree that prohibits something.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
46. Affectedly dainty or refined.
47. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
50. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
51. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
60. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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