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1. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
5. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
10. Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
13. The highest point of something.
14. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
15. The act of using.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
19. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
20. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
21. Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520).
23. Put down by force or intimidation.
26. A form of Japanese poetry.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
32. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
42. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
49. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
51. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
52. Greek mythology.
56. Bar temporarily.
60. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
61. Water frozen in the solid state.
62. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
64. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. Type genus of the Cebidae.
4. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants.
5. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
8. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
9. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
11. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
12. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
17. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
22. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
38. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
41. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
46. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
47. To fix or set securely or deeply.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
54. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
57. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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