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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
10. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
13. Seed of a pea plant.
14. A tapering point.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A doctor's degree in education.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
19. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
21. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Having or using two filaments.
30. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
34. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
37. Type genus of the Nepidae.
38. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
41. An accidental happening.
42. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. A motley assortment of things.
52. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
56. Of or relating to or involving an area.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. Clean or orderly.
62. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
63. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Give over.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
10. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
20. Someone who skis.
22. Chief port of Yemen.
23. A city and port in northern Jutland.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
28. Make secure by lashing.
29. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
31. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
32. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Make less active or intense.
46. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. Squash bugs.
48. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
53. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. Young sheep.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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