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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
10. An enclosed space.
13. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
14. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. (linguistics) A large group of languages that are historically related.
18. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
19. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
21. 16 ounces.
22. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
24. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
26. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
29. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
33. The capital of Croatia.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. A human limb.
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. Have confidence or faith in.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
52. South African term for `boss'.
56. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
58. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
63. Summer cypress.
65. A light touch or stroke.
66. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
67. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
68. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
69. Minor or subordinate.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. United States space station.
7. The basic unit of money in Panama.
8. (Babylonian) The sky god.
9. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
12. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
20. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. Noisy talk.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. Extremely pleasing.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Very dark black.
51. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
60. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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