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1. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
13. Turn sharply.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
15. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
16. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
17. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
18. Female equine animal.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. An informal term for a father.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
44. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
52. Moderate or restrain.
53. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
54. A human limb.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. Jordan's port.
58. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
61. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
62. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
63. South American cavy.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17).
2. (prefix) Half or partial.
3. Perceive sound.
4. A large fleet.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
8. Material used to daub walls.
9. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. The basic unit of money on Malta.
12. One of the common people.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
26. How long something has existed.
27. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
28. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
29. A Loloish language.
30. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
31. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Greek mythology.
42. Unknown god.
43. Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist.
45. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
47. Lower in esteem.
48. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
49. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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