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1. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
15. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
16. Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978).
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. Water frozen in the solid state.
25. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
26. Make less active or intense.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
35. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
37. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
47. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
55. Lean end of the neck.
59. Regional and archaic.
60. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
61. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
64. Highly excited.
65. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
66. Lower in esteem.
67. A slow pace of running.
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1. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
2. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
3. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
4. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
5. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
6. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. An insane person.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
12. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
31. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
32. Type genus of the Majidae.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
42. A quantity of no importance.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
48. Of or relating to or involving an area.
50. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
52. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
53. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
54. At or constituting a border or edge.
56. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
57. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
58. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
63. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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