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1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
10. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. Lower in esteem.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
17. Tag the base runner to get him out.
19. An island republic on the island of Iceland.
20. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
28. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
34. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
43. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
51. Obvious and dull.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
60. By bad luck.
61. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
62. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
64. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
65. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
66. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
67. An affirmative.
68. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Type genus of the Majidae.
8. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
9. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds.
10. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
11. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
12. An informal term for a father.
18. A resource.
21. A fraudulent business scheme.
22. (psychiatry) A psychological disorder of thought or emotion.
27. A quantity of no importance.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. Any high mountain.
32. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
40. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. German hero.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A person whose head is bald.
49. Related on the mother's side.
50. The sacred city of Lamaism.
52. A city in northern India.
53. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
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