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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
15. A local computer network for communication between computers.
16. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
17. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. A diluting agent.
21. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
23. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. Jordan's port.
27. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
30. English monk and scholar (672-735).
34. Used in combination.
38. Relating to the Urdu language.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. An enclosed space.
44. The month following July and preceding September.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
61. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
62. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
63. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
64. Move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees.
65. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. The act of scanning.
2. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
3. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
5. 10 grams.
6. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
7. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
8. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
11. A special way of doing something.
12. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
22. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
29. Make anew.
31. Greenish-yellow pear.
32. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
33. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
35. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
40. (Phoenician) A fertility goddess.
42. A number to which another number (the addend) is added.
43. One thousand grams.
46. Bar temporarily.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
49. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
50. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
51. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
56. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
57. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
58. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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