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1. The act of scanning.
5. A steep high face of rock.
10. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
13. Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.
14. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. (archaic) Of persons.
18. An indistinct shapeless form.
19. Of inferior or mixed breed.
20. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
23. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
24. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
28. An accountant certified by the state.
33. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
36. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. A Hindu religious teacher.
43. An informal term for a father.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. The eleventh month of the civil year.
48. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
53. The fourth month of the civil year.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
62. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
63. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
64. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
65. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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1. An orderly pile.
2. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
3. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
4. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
5. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
6. 1 species.
7. Not in good physical or mental health.
8. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
9. Extremely pleasing.
10. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
11. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
12. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. American novelist (1909-1955).
29. Long bench with backs.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. An iconic mental representation.
38. Informal terms for a mother.
40. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
41. A motley assortment of things.
42. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
48. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
51. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
52. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
56. A decree that prohibits something.
57. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
61. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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