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1. A bachelor's degree in theology.
4. Affect with wonder.
9. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
13. An affirmative.
14. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
15. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
16. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
18. Avatar of Vishnu.
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
27. Covered with paving material.
31. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. A doctor's degree in theology.
43. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
45. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
49. A fraudulent business scheme.
52. One thousand periods per second.
53. An honorary arts degree.
56. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
60. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
61. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
62. Serving no useful purpose.
65. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type and only genus of the family Tytonidae.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Denuded of leaves.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. 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.
6. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
7. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
9. A clay pipe with a short stem.
10. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. The basic unit of money in Iran.
17. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
22. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
30. A master's degree in business.
32. The sixth month of the civil year.
33. An informal term for a father.
36. A city in east central Texas.
39. An author born in Ireland who lived in France.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
42. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
43. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
50. 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.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
58. Informal terms for a mother.
59. A unit of pressure.
63. A state in midwestern United States.
64. Half the width of an em.
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