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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
13. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
14. Leave voluntarily.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
18. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
19. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
20. A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.
21. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
23. Jordan's port.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
28. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. An informal term for a father.
42. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.
45. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
47. A lake in northwestern Russia.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. Jordan's port.
58. Considerate and solicitous care.
59. Providing enjoyment.
60. A deep bow.
62. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
64. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
3. In regular succession without gaps.
4. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
7. A larval frog or toad.
8. A unit of pressure.
9. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
10. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. God of death.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A French abbot.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
29. The food served and eaten at one time.
30. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
31. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
38. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
39. A decree that prohibits something.
41. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
44. Divulge information or secrets.
46. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
50. A shade of blue tinged with green.
51. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
56. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
57. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
61. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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