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1. Give a nickname to.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
10. An engineering university in Cambridge.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague).
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
18. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
19. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
20. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
31. State in northeastern India.
35. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
36. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
38. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. Type genus of the Papaveraceae.
49. Characteristic of a mob.
50. Moving quickly and lightly.
51. At full speed.
54. In an unnatural eery manner.
58. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
61. The cry made by sheep.
62. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
63. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
65. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. Enlarged prostate.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
7. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
10. Type genus of the Majidae.
11. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
17. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
21. A state in New England.
22. Serving as or forming a base.
24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
28. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
29. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
32. Speaking a Slavic language.
33. A French abbot.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
37. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
43. Type genus of the Amiidae.
44. An informal conversation.
46. South American cavy.
47. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
48. A port in southwestern Scotland.
52. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
53. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
55. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
56. A narrow way or road.
57. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
59. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
60. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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