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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A native American tent.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. The striking of one body against another.
15. How long something has existed.
16. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
18. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
19. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
20. Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat.
21. Desire strongly or persistently.
23. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
26. Jordan's port.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
34. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
44. Fallow deer.
45. Having no ribs or no visible ribs.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. Some point in the air.
49. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
53. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. God of wealth and love.
61. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
62. Having the head uncovered.
63. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
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1. Affected manners intended to impress others.
2. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
3. Type genus of the Majidae.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language.
5. The square of a body of any size of type.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
8. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
9. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
10. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
17. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
24. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
25. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
27. God of love and erotic desire.
28. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
31. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
32. By bad luck.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
41. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. Surrounded as with a border or fringe.
43. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
44. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. United States chemist (1839-1903).
50. English essayist (1775-1834).
51. South African term for `boss'.
52. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
54. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
55. An edible tuber native to South America.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
59. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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