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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
10. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
13. Used of physical heat.
14. A deep bow.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
18. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
20. Enchanter's nightshade.
23. Before noon.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
25. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
30. 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.
34. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
35. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
37. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
38. A young woman making her debut into society.
39. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
40. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
46. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
48. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
55. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
58. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
59. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
60. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
61. Bound or secured closely.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Colloquial British abbreviation.
2. A desert in central Asia.
3. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
4. State in northeastern India.
5. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
12. Very dark black.
17. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
19. Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol).
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. In bed.
28. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
32. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
33. Any of various small biting flies.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
41. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
45. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
46. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
47. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Employed in accomplishing something.
50. The goddess of the moon.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. An informal term for a father.
56. A federally chartered savings bank.
57. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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