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1. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
13. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
14. Any taillike structure.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. The basic unit of money in Iran.
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. Similar to the color of jade.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A port city in southwestern Iran.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
25. An accountant certified by the state.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
35. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
39. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. The cry made by sheep.
54. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
56. Obvious and dull.
60. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
61. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. A deep bow.
64. Being two more than fifty.
65. A light touch or stroke.
66. Type genus of the Otariidae.
67. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. Jordan's port.
4. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. A quantity of no importance.
12. A primeval personification of air and breath.
17. Wood of a larch tree.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
28. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
33. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
34. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
36. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
42. A state in New England.
45. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
47. Of or like a feeble old woman.
48. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
49. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
51. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. In addition.
55. Avatar of Vishnu.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. Tag the base runner to get him out.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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