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1. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
4. Horned vipers.
9. Something causes misery or death.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
18. The act of scanning.
19. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
20. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
21. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
22. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
24. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
27. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
28. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
30. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
33. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
42. A small smooth rounded rock.
44. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
58. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
62. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. Black tropical American cuckoo.
64. Type genus of the family Peneidae.
65. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
66. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
67. A baby bed with sides and rockers.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Using speech rather than writing.
2. Any loose flowing garment.
3. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
12. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
17. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
23. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Any of various units of capacity.
29. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
32. 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.
34. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
40. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
41. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
45. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
46. An elderly man.
50. Lower in esteem.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
55. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
57. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
59. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
60. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
61. A passage with access only at one end.
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