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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
10. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
15. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
16. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
18. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
20. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
21. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
22. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
26. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
29. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
37. A genus of Ploceidae.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
42. A light touch or stroke.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. Common Indian weaverbird.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
61. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
63. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. Capital and largest city of Colombia.
66. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. (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.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. Being one more than one hundred.
8. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
9. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
10. State in northeastern India.
11. United States baseball player.
12. A week chirping sound as of a small bird v 1.
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
19. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
24. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
36. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An indication of approved or superior status.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
51. God of the Underworld.
53. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
54. Type genus of the Anatidae.
56. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
57. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
58. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
59. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
62. One thousand grams.
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