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1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
4. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
10. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
15. The basic unit of money in Romania.
16. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
18. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
21. Capital of Armenia.
23. 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. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
35. God of the earth.
37. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
41. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
43. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
48. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
51. Characteristic of a baby.
56. Jordan's port.
58. A car that is old and unreliable.
59. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
62. Uncastrated adult male sheep.
63. A university in Connecticut.
64. Jordan's port.
65. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
2. A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
3. Baby bed with high sides.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
7. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
8. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
9. Sour or bitter in taste.
10. Speaking a Slavic language.
11. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
12. The basic unit of money in China.
17. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
25. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Beads threaded on a string.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
32. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
34. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
36. A tight-fitting headdress.
42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
45. A telegram sent abroad.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
49. A shade of blue tinged with green.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
54. An edible tuber native to South America.
55. Blatant or sensational promotion.
57. The basic unit of money in Albania.
60. Unknown god.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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