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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Cause to become detached or separated.
10. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Large scissors with strong blades.
21. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).
23. Before noon.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Willing to face danger.
34. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. A master's degree in business.
38. An informal debt instrument.
41. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
44. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. 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.
48. Having unattractive thinness.
53. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
56. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
57. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. Lacking in light.
62. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
64. (British) Informal term for information.
65. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
66. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
67. Late time of life.
68. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
4. Basic principles of the cosmos.
5. Informal terms for a meal.
6. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
9. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
10. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
11. An organization of military land forces.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. From the kapok tree.
27. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
28. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
29. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
35. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
40. A case used to carry belongings when traveling.
41. An organization of military land forces.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A motley assortment of things.
45. In bed.
49. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
50. Avatar of Vishnu.
51. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
52. A loud utterance.
54. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
63. Half the width of an em.
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