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1. Take in solid food.
4. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
15. The last (12th) month of the year.
16. A period of time spent sleeping.
17. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
25. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
26. A person of subnormal intelligence.
28. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
33. A state in New England.
35. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
36. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
37. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
38. Water frozen in the solid state.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
58. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
59. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. Covered with paving material.
62. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
63. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
64. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
65. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
4. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
5. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
6. The leg from the knee to foot.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. The act of scanning.
18. Russian country house.
20. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
22. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
23. Being three more than fifty.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. An elaborate song for solo voice.
31. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
32. A primeval personification of air and breath.
34. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
42. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
44. Any plant of the genus Erica.
45. Held back.
47. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. The basic unit of money in China.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
53. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
55. Standard temperature and pressure.
56. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
57. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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