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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Smeared thickly.
10. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
13. A case for containing a set of articles.
14. Refuse to acknowledge.
15. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
16. Gone by.
17. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
19. God of wealth and love.
21. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
23. Cause to be attached.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. A telegram sent abroad.
39. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
45. A French abbot.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
53. Lower in esteem.
57. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
58. Smother or suppress.
61. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
62. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
63. Growing old.
64. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
65. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
66. Speak in a nasal voice.
67. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Of comparatively little physical weight or density.
3. The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Beyond what is natural.
7. A copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
8. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
9. A Mid-Atlantic state.
10. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
11. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
12. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
18. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. A cgs unit of work or energy.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A kind of person.
33. Towards the side away from the wind.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. A port city in southwestern Iran.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
47. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
48. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
49. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
51. A Hindu prince or king in India.
52. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
54. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
55. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
56. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
59. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
60. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
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