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1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
10. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
15. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
16. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
18. A Russian river.
19. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
21. A kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
25. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
27. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
28. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
30. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
33. Having leadership guidance.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
44. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
45. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. A local computer network for communication between computers.
47. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
51. An informal term for a father.
55. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
58. 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.
59. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
60. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
62. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
63. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
64. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Exactly vertical.
2. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
3. A coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms.
4. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
5. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
10. Declare invalid.
11. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
12. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
17. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
22. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
26. Divisible by two.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
36. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
37. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
39. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
40. Soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946).
41. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
43. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
48. A city in Tuscany.
49. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Largest known toad species.
53. Fallow deer.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
56. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
57. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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