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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
10. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. 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.
18. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
24. Make numb or insensitive.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
34. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
36. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
40. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
41. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
43. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
50. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
54. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
55. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
58. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
59. Armor plate that protects the chest.
60. One-hundredth of a right angle.
61. Pulled or drawn tight.
62. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
63. Not only so, but.
64. English essayist (1775-1834).
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1. Fallow deer.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
5. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
6. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
7. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
8. An associate degree in nursing.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. Being three more than fifty.
11. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
12. An informal term for a father.
17. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
19. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
22. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
26. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
27. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
30. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
31. Report or maintain.
32. The food served and eaten at one time.
35. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A festival featuring African-American culture.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
42. A card game for 2 players.
43. Being one more than two.
44. A city in southeastern South Korea.
45. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
46. Not fitting closely.
49. Large European dormouse.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
53. Stalk of a moss capsule.
56. A strong emotion.
57. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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