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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
5. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
10. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
13. 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.
14. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
15. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
17. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
19. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
21. 1 species.
23. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
28. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. Used of a single unit or thing.
38. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
41. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
43. English essayist (1775-1834).
44. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
45. An informal term for a father.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. 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.
56. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
62. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
65. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
66. A state of southwestern India.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Russian country house.
2. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
3. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
4. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
5. Avatar of Vishnu.
6. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A master's degree in business.
20. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
22. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. A bar of sand.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
30. A vigorous blow.
31. Soft creamy white cheese.
32. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
34. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
35. In bed.
37. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
39. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
40. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. Seed of a pea plant.
46. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
55. A wound made by cutting.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A decree that prohibits something.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.
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