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1. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.
5. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
14. (of language) Transparently clear.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
17. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs.
19. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
27. A doctor's degree in optometry.
29. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
39. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
41. A slowly moving mass of ice.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. South African term for `boss'.
49. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
51. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
53. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
57. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
60. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
63. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
64. A human limb.
65. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The capital of Switzerland.
2. A tributary of the Rhine.
3. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. Divulge information or secrets.
6. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
7. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. Chief port of Yemen.
11. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
12. By bad luck.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
21. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
24. A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. In bed.
34. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
40. A native-born Israeli.
43. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
46. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
50. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
51. Half the width of an em.
52. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
54. Shout loudly and without restraint.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
58. (informal) Of the highest quality.
59. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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