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1. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
4. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A genus of Sterninae.
15. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
16. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
17. Chief god.
19. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
21. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. Lower in esteem.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. Offering fun and gaiety.
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. Adult female chicken.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Jordan's port.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
48. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
49. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
53. American Revolutionary patriot.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. Squash bugs.
61. English essayist (1775-1834).
62. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
63. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
65. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
66. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
67. European herb resembling vetch.
68. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
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1. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
2. A city in northern India.
3. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
4. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
5. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
6. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
7. (informal) Exceptionally good.
8. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
9. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
10. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
11. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
12. Remove from memory or existence.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. A branch of the Tai languages.
30. An enclosed space.
32. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
34. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
45. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
46. (trademark) An antacid.
47. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
50. In bed.
51. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
52. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. Little known Kamarupan languages.
55. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
58. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
59. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
60. How long something has existed.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.
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