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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. An arc-shaped whitish deposit sometimes seen in the cornea.
9. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid).
15. Being the only one.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A genus of Platalea.
18. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
19. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
21. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
25. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
28. Make larger.
31. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
34. An audiotape recording of sound.
35. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
36. A cgs unit of work or energy.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. In bed.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
48. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
51. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
55. The front limb of a quadruped.
57. The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
59. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
61. Sharp piercing cry.
64. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
65. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
66. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Made of fir or pine.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. A member of the Uniat Church.
8. Russian Soviet leader.
9. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
10. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
11. Cheese containing a blue mold.
12. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
20. An indistinct shapeless form.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. Socially incorrect in behavior.
29. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. Having been read.
33. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
37. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
39. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
42. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
45. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
46. The basic unit of money in Romania.
47. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
53. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
54. Greenish-yellow pear.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
58. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
59. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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