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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
10. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
16. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
18. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
19. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
21. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Jordan's port.
29. An elaborate song for solo voice.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
46. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. A state in midwestern United States.
53. A special loved one.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
58. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
59. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
60. A supply of food especially for a household.
61. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
62. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
63. A garment worn by women in ancient Greece.
64. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Altered from an originally straight condition.
2. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
3. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
7. A castrated tomcat.
8. Half the width of an em.
9. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
10. Fallow deer.
11. Type genus of the Amiidae.
12. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A son who has the same first name as his father.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
30. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
36. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
38. Top part of an apron.
41. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Large scissors with strong blades.
44. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
45. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
47. A farewell remark.
48. Of or relating to a hair.
49. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
52. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
54. A Hindu prince or king in India.
56. Any high mountain.
57. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
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