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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
9. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. Perceive sound.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
16. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
17. Excessively fat.
18. A Loloish language.
19. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. By bad luck.
22. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
24. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. Lacking self-confidence.
28. Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel.
32. Constituting or relating to a tail.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
37. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
38. An official at a baseball game.
41. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
43. (informal) Exceptionally good.
45. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. God of love and erotic desire.
47. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
49. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
52. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
54. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
58. The month following March and preceding May.
59. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
64. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
66. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
67. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. (Japanese) An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea.
4. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
5. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
6. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
9. Preserve a dead body.
10. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
12. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
20. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
27. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A fraudulent business scheme.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. Remove gas from.
34. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
39. A state in New England.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
42. Jordan's port.
44. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
51. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
53. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
55. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
56. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
57. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. A branch of the Tai languages.
65. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
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